Robotic surgery conducted on breast-cancer patient; Delhi hospital says '1st in north India

A 37-year-old woman with a history of recurrent breast cancer has successfully undergone a less invasive robotic oncological surgery at a Delhi hospital that has claimed it to be a first in north India.

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The woman had a history of recurrent breast cancer and BRCA gene mutation.

She had undergone multiple cancer treatments and surgeries since 2017 and was admitted to the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital for a bilateral breast surgery due to her being on high risk of future breast cancer, involving a combination of conventional and robotic-assisted techniques.

The surgery was carried out by a team of specialists, including Dr Ramesh Sarin, Senior Consultant-Surgical Oncology, Dr Arun Prasad, Senior Consultant - Gastrointestinal, Bariatric and Robotic Surgery, Dr Parag Sharma, Dr Jayanti Tumsi and Dr Sandip Bipte, the hospital said in a statement.

The patient was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer in 2017.

Over the years, she underwent chemotherapy, multiple lumpectomies, radiotherapy and a salpingo-oophorectomy.