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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 ?
26 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
47 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
8 days
28 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
26 days
22 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
18 days
33 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
23 days
41 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
19 days
53 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
35 days
47 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
61 days
38 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
194 days
30 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
17 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
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
6 days
20 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
15 days
12 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
12 days
15 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
12 days
20 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
11 days
21 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
9 days
25 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
10 days
36 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
22 days
32 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
8 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.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
August 1 - October 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
December 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
10 days
23 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
10 days
24 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
17 days
22 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
21 days
20 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
15 days
29 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
10 days
34 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
28 days
20 days
Virginia C Calverley
Halifax
21 days
28 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
20 days
30 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
14 days
38 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
23 days
30 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
31 days
23 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
21 days
35 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
15 days
41 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
26 days
35 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
44 days
23 days
Barbara Jean MacGillivray
Antigonish
41 days
41 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
31 days
53 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
39 days
49 days
Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
35 days
54 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
74 days
53 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
153 days
60 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
194 days
52 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
32 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
Jason G Williams
Halifax
---
---
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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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
9 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
4 days
15 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
8 days
11 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
11 days
11 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
8 days
15 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
9 days
14 days
Virginia C Calverley
Halifax
9 days
14 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
5 days
19 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
10 days
14 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
9 days
16 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
11 days
14 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
7 days
19 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
7 days
19 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
12 days
15 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
4 days
24 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
8 days
21 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
15 days
15 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
15 days
16 days
Barbara Jean MacGillivray
Antigonish
12 days
30 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
15 days
31 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
13 days
36 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
31 days
25 days
Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
18 days
46 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
22 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
Jason G Williams
Halifax
---
---
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
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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: 
November 1 2017 - October 31 2018
Next Update: 
December 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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