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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 ?
24 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
40 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
13 days
27 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
15 days
25 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
16 days
29 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
20 days
28 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
19 days
40 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
24 days
36 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
32 days
30 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
48 days
48 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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---
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
120 days
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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
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
7 days
15 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
4 days
19 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
14 days
12 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
9 days
18 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
6 days
22 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
14 days
15 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
8 days
29 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
20 days
37 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
7 days
---

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: 
February 1 - April 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
17 days
21 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
13 days
33 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
18 days
29 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
19 days
29 days
Virginia C Calverley
Halifax
21 days
29 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
13 days
38 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
16 days
37 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
19 days
36 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
21 days
36 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
20 days
37 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
27 days
31 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
25 days
35 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
41 days
21 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
19 days
44 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
48 days
18 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
44 days
23 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
34 days
34 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
15 days
60 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
34 days
48 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
42 days
42 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
39 days
55 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
153 days
48 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
195 days
52 days
Jason G Williams
Halifax
141 days
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Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
8 days
---
Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
---
48 days

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
7 days
8 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
6 days
14 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
6 days
15 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
6 days
15 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
7 days
15 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
8 days
15 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
10 days
15 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
9 days
16 days
Virginia C Calverley
Halifax
12 days
13 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
12 days
14 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
5 days
21 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
8 days
19 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
8 days
20 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
14 days
14 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
8 days
21 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
15 days
15 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
7 days
24 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
10 days
21 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
15 days
21 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
14 days
32 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
20 days
28 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
15 days
35 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
46 days
25 days
Jason G Williams
Halifax
56 days
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Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
3 days
---
Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
---
36 days

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: 
May 1 2018 - April 30 2019
Next Update: 
June 2019
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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