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TORS

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-008768

Surgery in which a robot with arms is used to remove cancer from hard-to-reach areas of the mouth and throat. Cameras attached to the robot give a 3-dimensional (3D) image that a surgeon can see. The surgeon guides tools at the ends of the robot arms to remove the cancer. Also called transoral robotic surgery.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-008768
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Expansionstransoral robotic surgery
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "Surgery in which a robot with arms is used to remove cancer from hard-to-reach areas of the mouth and throat. Cameras attached to the robot give a 3-dimensional (3D) image that a surgeon can see. The surgeon guides tools at the ends of the robot arms to remove the cancer. Also called transoral robotic surgery.",
  "expansions": [
    "transoral robotic surgery"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/tors/"
}

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