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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 ?
21 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
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
17 days
25 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
16 days
31 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
19 days
33 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
23 days
34 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
35 days
22 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
20 days
37 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
38 days
34 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
43 days
55 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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82 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
12 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
10 days
15 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
7 days
19 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
10 days
17 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
8 days
20 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
14 days
21 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
8 days
27 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
15 days
30 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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47 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: 
April 1 - June 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
19 days
18 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
17 days
21 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
17 days
22 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
13 days
34 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
18 days
29 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
19 days
29 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
13 days
37 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
21 days
31 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
20 days
33 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
19 days
35 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
27 days
28 days
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
15 days
40 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
18 days
38 days
Virginia C Calverley
Halifax
21 days
35 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
25 days
37 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
44 days
23 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
39 days
29 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
20 days
49 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
15 days
60 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
42 days
42 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
38 days
48 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
43 days
70 days
Jason G Williams
Halifax
141 days
82 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
194 days
37 days
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
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61 days
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
8 days
8 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
5 days
13 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
5 days
14 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
5 days
15 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
5 days
15 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
6 days
15 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
9 days
16 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
9 days
16 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
12 days
15 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
6 days
21 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
8 days
19 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
9 days
19 days
Virginia C Calverley
Halifax
13 days
15 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
14 days
15 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
13 days
16 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
7 days
24 days
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
5 days
26 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
11 days
21 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
8 days
25 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
11 days
24 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
15 days
30 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
19 days
28 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
15 days
34 days
Jason G Williams
Halifax
56 days
54 days
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
---
47 days
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: 
July 1 2018 - June 30 2019
Next Update: 
August 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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