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Dr. Sanjay Adla, Senior Consultant in Uro-Oncology and Robotic Surgery at Apollo Hospitals, discusses the rise of lifestyle-related diseases in India, noting that 2018 was the year breast cancer became the country's most common cancer. He states that the only way to prevent death from cancer is screening before symptoms appear. Dr. Adla explains that robotic surgery is not a future technology but the current standard of care, clarifying it is a 'master-slave' technology where the surgeon is in full control. He highlights its benefits, including higher precision, magnified 3D vision, and quicker patient recovery. He also points to the significant potential of remote robotic surgery to democratize quality healthcare across India, bridging the urban-rural divide by making specialist expertise accessible from anywhere. Recent telesurgeries in India have been performed over distances of more than 2,000 km.
