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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 ?
35 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
16 days
27 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
14 days
29 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
16 days
35 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
34 days
23 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
34 days
33 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
61 days
43 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
88 days
49 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
76 days
76 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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27 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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
6 days
10 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
3 days
19 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
11 days
14 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
11 days
15 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
15 days
12 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
8 days
19 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
7 days
24 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
18 days
31 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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19 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 - July 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
8 days
21 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
15 days
20 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
13 days
26 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
15 days
26 days
Virginia C Calverley
Halifax
15 days
27 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
14 days
29 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
15 days
30 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
16 days
29 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
19 days
29 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
17 days
34 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
22 days
30 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
14 days
45 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
17 days
48 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
26 days
42 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
31 days
38 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
30 days
47 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
58 days
23 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
43 days
49 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
88 days
48 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
81 days
57 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
96 days
56 days
Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
48 days
128 days
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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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.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
5 days
10 days
Virginia C Calverley
Halifax
7 days
13 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
10 days
11 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
8 days
13 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
10 days
12 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
8 days
14 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
6 days
16 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
8 days
14 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
8 days
15 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
7 days
17 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
4 days
21 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
4 days
21 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
11 days
16 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
7 days
20 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
13 days
16 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
17 days
15 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
9 days
23 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
12 days
25 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
14 days
30 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
19 days
30 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
16 days
43 days
Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
22 days
50 days
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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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: 
August 1 2017 - July 31 2018
Next Update: 
September 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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