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Breast Cancer Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Breast cancer surgery includes mastectomy, lumpectomy, and breast reconstruction completed at the same time as mastectomy.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
30 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
35 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
22 days
23 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
21 days
30 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
31 days
21 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
29 days
24 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
20 days
38 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
28 days
37 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
74 days
27 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
153 days
34 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
4 days
15 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
12 days
11 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
10 days
15 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
11 days
16 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
8 days
20 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
10 days
18 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
11 days
21 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
11 days
22 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
March 1 - May 31 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
14 days
18 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
13 days
21 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
10 days
26 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
10 days
26 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
13 days
27 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
15 days
26 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
20 days
23 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
19 days
27 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
15 days
31 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
18 days
33 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
26 days
27 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
34 days
21 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
27 days
30 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
25 days
35 days
Gregory Knapp
Halifax
20 days
41 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
32 days
29 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
17 days
46 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
20 days
44 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
35 days
29 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
27 days
37 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
15 days
51 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
31 days
37 days
Jason G Williams
Halifax
23 days
47 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
32 days
44 days
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
22 days
60 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
36 days
55 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
154 days
22 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
391 days
57 days
Ahmed Jad
Antigonish
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David Hayden
Bridgewater
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
32 days
Heather Poushay
North Sydney
---
26 days
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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John Booth
Truro
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Krista de Boer
Antigonish
---
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
23 days
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
8 days
9 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
5 days
12 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
6 days
13 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
11 days
8 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
7 days
13 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
6 days
15 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
6 days
15 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
6 days
15 days
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
3 days
18 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
8 days
16 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
11 days
13 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
9 days
16 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
6 days
19 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
13 days
13 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
5 days
22 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
6 days
22 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
8 days
21 days
Gregory Knapp
Halifax
7 days
23 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
12 days
20 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
12 days
20 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
15 days
18 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
13 days
21 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
13 days
22 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
15 days
20 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
7 days
32 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
11 days
30 days
Jason G Williams
Halifax
16 days
35 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
37 days
18 days
Ahmed Jad
Antigonish
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David Hayden
Bridgewater
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
27 days
Heather Poushay
North Sydney
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15 days
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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John Booth
Truro
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Krista de Boer
Antigonish
---
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
16 days
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
June 1 2020 - May 31 2021
Next Update: 
July 2021
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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