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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 ?
35 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
9 days
16 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
15 days
31 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
20 days
31 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
31 days
29 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
31 days
35 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
27 days
42 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen 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
14 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
12 days
15 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
10 days
18 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
12 days
16 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
13 days
16 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
7 days
22 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen 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: 
April 1 - June 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
John Booth
Truro
8 days
23 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
7 days
24 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
12 days
22 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
11 days
28 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
15 days
32 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
14 days
34 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
18 days
33 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
16 days
36 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
22 days
32 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
28 days
30 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
24 days
38 days
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
49 days
15 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
27 days
37 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
30 days
35 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
31 days
34 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
26 days
42 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
26 days
42 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
42 days
29 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
38 days
35 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
36 days
42 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
29 days
51 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
51 days
36 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
39 days
50 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
94 days
66 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
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Jason G Williams
Halifax
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Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
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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
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
5 days
15 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
6 days
16 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
7 days
15 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
8 days
15 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
4 days
20 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
9 days
15 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
8 days
16 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
9 days
16 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
5 days
20 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
5 days
20 days
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
16 days
10 days
John Booth
Truro
5 days
21 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
10 days
17 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
8 days
20 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
9 days
21 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
18 days
16 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
11 days
24 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
14 days
21 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
19 days
17 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
8 days
29 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
16 days
21 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
11 days
27 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
18 days
29 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
14 days
34 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
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Jason G Williams
Halifax
---
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Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
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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 2019 - June 30 2020
Next Update: 
August 2020
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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