Access to cancer treatment

Average wait time of breast cancer patients, from the time when their referral is received to their initial outpatient clinic appointment. Average wait time from initial appointment to surgery.

Average wait time of breast cancer patients, from the time when their referral is received to their initial outpatient clinic appointment. Average wait time from initial appointment to starting medication.

Average treatment wait time of prostate cancer patients from the time when their referral is received at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, when radiotherapy is the only form of treatment. Generally, patients undergo diagnostic examinations at a urology outpatient clinic before they are referred to the Comprehensive Cancer Center. If the initial treatment is hormone therapy, radiotherapy will begin 2 to 3 months later according to the plan. 

Average wait time of prostate cancer patients, from the time when their referral is received to when they have their initial outpatient clinic appointment, and from the time when their referral is received to starting radiotherapy.

Average treatment wait time of prostate cancer patients from the time when their referral is received at a urology outpatient clinic, when surgery has been chosen as the form of treatment. The table below shows wait times for surgery per quarter. 

Average wait time of prostate cancer patients, from the time when their referral is received to their initial outpatient clinic appointment, and from the time when their referral is received to the day of surgery.

Bowel cancer (C18, C19, C20)