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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 ?
44 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
11 days
21 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
18 days
34 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
29 days
27 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
36 days
23 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
10 days
51 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
19 days
62 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
35 days
46 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
91 days
44 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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20 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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---
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
3 days
9 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
7 days
14 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
8 days
21 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
7 days
22 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
8 days
21 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
14 days
16 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
17 days
20 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
24 days
27 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
17 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
---
---
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 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
11 days
21 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
14 days
18 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
8 days
26 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
21 days
18 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
14 days
25 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
13 days
27 days
Gregory Knapp
Halifax
8 days
34 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
15 days
31 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
21 days
29 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
21 days
29 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
34 days
19 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
36 days
24 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
18 days
42 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
28 days
33 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
20 days
42 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
31 days
33 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
27 days
37 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
15 days
51 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
31 days
43 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
20 days
61 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
17 days
83 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
59 days
44 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
85 days
57 days
Ahmed Jad
Antigonish
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David Hayden
Bridgewater
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
32 days
Heather Poushay
Sydney
---
---
Jason G Williams
Halifax
---
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
---
---
John Booth
Truro
---
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Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
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
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
7 days
8 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
4 days
13 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
5 days
16 days
Gregory Knapp
Halifax
7 days
14 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
12 days
10 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
12 days
10 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
9 days
14 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
7 days
17 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
9 days
15 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
5 days
19 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
10 days
15 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
10 days
16 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
5 days
22 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
8 days
19 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
7 days
21 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
11 days
20 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
8 days
23 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
12 days
21 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
15 days
18 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
16 days
22 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
19 days
22 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
7 days
37 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
14 days
34 days
Ahmed Jad
Antigonish
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David Hayden
Bridgewater
---
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
30 days
Heather Poushay
Sydney
---
---
Jason G Williams
Halifax
---
---
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
---
---
John Booth
Truro
---
---
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
16 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.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
March 1 2020 - February 28 2021
Next Update: 
April 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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