Surgery and Advances in Competing Technology

Eric Lim of the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, UK, discusses the future of general thoracic surgery in the context of a rapid rise of competing radiotherapy technology. He demonstrates the rapid growth of radiotherapy but also presents ways that general thoracic surgeons can have an advantage over this competing specialty.

This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University program at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland. This content is published with the permission of SCTS. Please click here for more information on SCTS educational programs.