Patient Perspectives on AI-Powered Medical Robots in Breast and Prostate Cancer Care: Qualitative Study

Mahiya Habib   ^{1 *} , BA ;   Janet Ellis   ^{2, 3 *} , MBBCHIR, MD, FRCPC ;   Aaron Palachi   ^{1, 4} , BA, MA ;   Melissa B Korman   ^{1, 3} , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Tatjana Kay   ⁴ , BA, MA ;   Karen Barlow   ^{5, 6} , BSc ;   Jordana DeSouza   ¹ , BA ;   Rosanna Macri   ^{7, 8, 9} , MHSc, Q Med ;   Abdullah Alabousi   ¹⁰ , MD ;   Mehran Anvari   ^{5, 6, 11} , MBBS, FACS, FRCSC, PhD

¹ Department of Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Department of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ Centre for Surgical Invention and Innovation, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁶ Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁷ Department of Bioethics, Sinai Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁸ Joint Centre for Bioethics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁰ Department of Radiology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada

¹¹ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

*these authors contributed equally