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  "id": 18922784,
  "title": "‘Can’t be inaccurate’: how 2 tiny robot arms could halve digestive cancer surgery time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/cant-be-inaccurate-how-2-tiny-robot-arms-could-halve-digestive-cancer",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-08T11:00:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3373668/cant-be-inaccurate-how-two-tiny-robot-arms-could-halve-digestive-cancer-surgery-time"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In the final instalment of a four-part Health Matters wellness series on frontier medicine in Hong Kong, Elizabeth Cheung examines a dual-arm surgical robot that could remove gastrointestinal tumours in about half the usual time, and the hurdles between its first human trials and wider patient access. Ho Man-wai underwent a colonoscopy in late August, during which doctors identified three polyps…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}