Radiation Therapy - Palliative Pain Management

What is Palliative Pain Management?

If some cancers progress, they can spread throughout the body. This may result in the growth of tumours within bones or pressure on other parts of the body, causing pain that can be controlled or alleviated through radiation therapy.

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Radiation Therapy Wait Times - Palliative Pain Management

CancerCare Manitoba	Median Wait Time (in weeks)
All Manitoba	0
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 - Palliative Pain Management

CancerCare Manitoba	Total  (per month)	2011/2012 Fiscal Year to Date1	2010/2011 Fiscal Year1
All Manitoba	75	678	635
Data for March 2012

¹ Fiscal year is April to March.