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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 ?
29 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
37 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
15 days
25 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
15 days
27 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
9 days
37 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
36 days
19 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
31 days
30 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
25 days
66 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
75 days
20 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
103 days
53 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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---
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
---
40 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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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
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
6 days
14 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
7 days
14 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
7 days
14 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
15 days
11 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
7 days
22 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
19 days
13 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
11 days
30 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
20 days
31 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
---
19 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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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: 
December 1 - February 28 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
6 days
20 days
Virginia C Calverley
Halifax
14 days
27 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
19 days
23 days
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
17 days
25 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
7 days
36 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
13 days
30 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
21 days
23 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
13 days
32 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
14 days
31 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
16 days
30 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
8 days
40 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
7 days
45 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
24 days
30 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
26 days
37 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
35 days
30 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
26 days
42 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
35 days
33 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
30 days
47 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
27 days
51 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
50 days
29 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
58 days
27 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
55 days
56 days
Barbara Jean MacGillivray
Antigonish
71 days
48 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
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---
Edward Joy
New Glasgow
---
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Jason G Williams
Halifax
---
---
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
---
---
Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
35 days
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
14 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
---
---

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
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
3 days
11 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
8 days
10 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
3 days
16 days
Virginia C Calverley
Halifax
7 days
12 days
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
6 days
14 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
3 days
18 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
7 days
14 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
9 days
14 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
7 days
16 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
7 days
16 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
8 days
18 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
7 days
19 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
5 days
23 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
4 days
25 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
14 days
18 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
10 days
22 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
17 days
15 days
Barbara Jean MacGillivray
Antigonish
10 days
23 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
19 days
15 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
6 days
28 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
13 days
29 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
19 days
28 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
14 days
35 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
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Edward Joy
New Glasgow
---
---
Jason G Williams
Halifax
---
---
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
---
---
Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
18 days
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
13 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
---
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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 2017 - February 28 2018
Next Update: 
April 2018
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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