Cancer: Medical Treatments
(asked on 27th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on implementing recommendation 32 of the NHS Cancer Strategy on the adaptation of immunotheropy treatments.
This question was answered on 3rd April 2018
The development of immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer is an emergent area of clinical practice. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended a number of immunotherapies for routine use on the National Health Service, and these are commissioned by NHS England.