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Radiation Therapy - Prostate Cancer
What is Prostate Cancer?
Prostate cancer is the abnormal growth of cells
in the prostate.
Radiation Therapy Wait Times - Prostate Cancer
| CancerCare
Manitoba |
Median Wait Time (in weeks) |
| All Manitoba |
4 |
| 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 - Prostate Cancer
|
CancerCare Manitoba |
Total (per month) |
2011/2012 |
2010/2011 Fiscal Year1 |
| All Manitoba | 24 |
226 |
200 |
| Data for March 2012 | |||
1 Fiscal year is April to March.
