The immunotherapy is usually given intravenously.
Atezolizumab is usually given to patients intravenously but now many patients in England are to be given the immunotherapy via an injection Atezolizumab is usually given to patients intravenously but now many patients in England are to be given the immunotherapy via an injection.
It is expected that the majority of these people will now get the drug via a seven-minute injection instead of intravenously, which usually takes 30 minutes to an hour.The drug is known as a “checkpoint inhibitor” and works by helping the immune system find and kill cancer cells. NHS England’s national director for cancer Professor Peter Johnson said: “The world-first introduction of this treatment will mean that hundreds of patients can spend less time at the hospital and will free up valuable time in NHS chemotherapy units.
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