Radiation Therapy - Bowel Cancer

What is Bowel Cancer?

Cancer is the growth of abnormal cells in the body, which grow together and form tumours. In bowel cancer, tumours may grow in the bowel, large intestine, colon and rectum.

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Radiation Therapy Wait Times - Bowel Cancer

CancerCare Manitoba	Median Wat Time (in weeks)
All Manitoba	2
Data for March 2012

Median wait time: The point at which half the patients have had their treatment, and the other half are still waiting. For example, if a median wait time is 4 weeks, this means that half of the patients waited less than 4 weeks, and half waited more than 4 weeks. The median is another way of reflecting what a "typical" patient might have experienced in that time period. Unlike the average, the median is not generally influenced by one or two very unusual cases (long or short), and is therefore more stable over time.

Treatment Courses Commenced - Bowel Cancer

CancerCare Manitoba	Total  (per month)	2011/2012 Fiscal Year to Date1	2010/2011 Fiscal Year1
All Manitoba	17	161	171
Data for March 2012

¹ Fiscal year is April to March.