Up to 10,000 patients with breast, bowel, kidney, lung, prostate or melanoma skin cancer will benefit from the latest targeted treatments. While some offered patients alternative drugs in place of chemotherapy until they could return to a normal service, other patients faced lengthy delays in receiving vital treatments. All of this has resulted in a backlog – figures suggest there are 4.5 million patients, in total, waiting for hospital treatment. She added: ‘The benefits of at-home treatment were even greater last year, when many patients were worried about coming to hospital. The Trust also offers more than 25,000 chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatments each year from a mobile unit and regional clinics.

Source: The Nation April 03, 2021 21:56 UTC