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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 ?
25 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
38 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
24 days
17 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
154 days
20 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
60 days
23 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
18 days
27 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
17 days
28 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
32 days
33 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
15 days
40 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
17 days
43 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
62 days
226 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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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 Timesort descending
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
8 days
10 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
12 days
12 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
10 days
13 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
11 days
15 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
7 days
17 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
5 days
19 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
10 days
20 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
7 days
22 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
12 days
26 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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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: 
September 1 - November 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
34 days
18 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
154 days
22 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
34 days
23 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
7 days
26 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
31 days
26 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
20 days
28 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
21 days
29 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
15 days
32 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
15 days
32 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
7 days
33 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
13 days
34 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
27 days
35 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
25 days
35 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
28 days
35 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
27 days
37 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
12 days
38 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
18 days
40 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
35 days
40 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
18 days
42 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
18 days
43 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
15 days
50 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
59 days
51 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
51 days
57 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
35 days
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Jason G Williams
Halifax
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Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
11 days
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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John Booth
Truro
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Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
23 days
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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 Timesort descending
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
14 days
11 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
3 days
13 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
8 days
13 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
14 days
15 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
8 days
15 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
14 days
15 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
6 days
16 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
13 days
16 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
9 days
17 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
11 days
17 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
15 days
18 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
4 days
18 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
21 days
18 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
11 days
19 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
4 days
20 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
12 days
20 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
4 days
20 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
6 days
20 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
17 days
22 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
8 days
26 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
5 days
29 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
7 days
30 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
14 days
34 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
14 days
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Jason G Williams
Halifax
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Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
4 days
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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John Booth
Truro
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Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
16 days
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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: 
December 1 2019 - November 30 2020
Next Update: 
January 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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