Thousands more NHS patients to be offered cancer treatment from the comfort of their living rooms

04.04.2021 - 20:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Thousands more cancer patients are set to be offered treatment from the comfort of their own home following a successful scheme in Manchester.

A specialist team at The Christie hospital, the renowned cancer centre in Withington, is already delivering lifesaving chemotherapy and immunotherapy at home for around 6,000 patients a year.

And there are now plans to roll it out more widely, to up to

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