Radiotherapy equipment will treat 2,000 patients

In the past patients from north Wales have had to travel long distances to Christies Hospital in Manchester or Clatterbridge in the Wirral.

As well as a 20-bed ward, the centre has 16 day places for patients receiving chemotherapy.

Seven hostel beds will also be available for patients travelling long distances.

The centre is equipped with the latest technology including two linear accelerators to provide radiotherapy costing around �2m each.

But doctors suspect the demand for treatment will be so high that they will need to commission a third machine within two years.

Some cancer services will, however, still be provided at the Wrexham Maelor Hospital and Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor.