[Editorial] The promise of telesurgery in oncology

In early 2026, 62-year-old Gibraltar resident Paul Buxton had a successful robotic prostatectomy to treat his prostate cancer. His surgeon was 2400 km away in London, UK. In mid-2025, a surgeon in Florida, USA, performed the same surgery on a patient in Angola, Africa—the longest distance telesurgery recorded to date. Once the realm of science fiction, telesurgery is rapidly transforming…