The Christie cancer unit at Bury

In 2012, The Christie cancer unit at Bury opened to deliver chemotherapy at Bury Townside Primary Care centre.

The Christie cancer unit at Bury delivers selected chemotherapy treatments every Thursday.

This is based in the Bury Townside Primary Care centre.

Below, you will find more information on the number of treatment chairs we have, the number of treatments we provide each year and also the treatments we deliver.

6 treatment chairs
Treatment is delivered on a Thursday
800 treatments a year

OXMDG	Gemcitabine & Cisplatin
OXCap	Irinotecan
IRMDG	Mitomycin
FEC	MDG
EC	Oxaliplatin
Paclitaxel	Quasar
Docetaxel	Abraxane
Trastuzumab	Bevicuzumab
Denusomab	Cabitaxel
Epirubicin	Eribulin
Faslodex
Zolodronic Acid	Panitumab
Carboplatin	Pemetrexed
Doxorubicin & Cyclophosphamide	Pemetrexed & Carboplatin
Epirubicin, Oxaliplatin & Capecitabine	Pertuzumab
Gemcitabine	Trastuzumab-emestine
Gemcitabine & Carboplatin	Cetuximab

How to find The Christie cancer unit at Bury

Townside Primary Care Centre,
Knowsley Place,
Knowsley Street,
Bury,
Lancashire,
BL9 0SN

Christie stories during the COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we're doing all we can to make sure patients get the treatment, information and support they need. Read some stories from our patients and staff to find out what The Christie is doing at this difficult time.

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“Of course, the COVID-19 virus has not gone away – we have to be cautious and we have to proceed in an appropriate way.”

Professor John Radford, director of research at The Christie

“I don’t feel at all isolated or abandoned. My care has continued to be provided to the same high standard… I know there is someone at the end of the phone day or night if I need them.”

Jane Emery, Christie patient

“[The Christie] have made what is sometimes an unbearable situation that little bit more manageable… [they] continue to support remotely which is so reassuring.”

Andrew Rostron, Christie patient

Bury