New guidance published to aid researchers evaluating surgical robots

Published on January 25, 2024

Surgical robotics are amongst the most complex devices entering healthcare, but how should we evaluate them? Published in Nature Medicine, the Idea, Development, Exploration, Assessment and Long-term monitoring (IDEAL) Robotics Colloquium outlines the latest guidance to aid researchers evaluating surgical robots.
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Women who are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) outside the NHS breast screening programme are around four times as likely to develop invasive breast cancer and to die from breast cancer than women in the general population, finds a University of Oxford study published by The BMJ.

Expert comment: Urbanisation’s role in the climate crisis is being overlooked

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A global advisory body that joins up science with the management of cities is urgently needed, writes Michael Keith, a Professor at Oxford University's Centre on Migration, Policy and Society and Director of the PEAK Urban Research programme. This opinion piece was originally published in the Financial Times.