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.
Radiation Therapy Wait Times - Palliative Pain Management
| CancerCare
Manitoba |
Median Wait Time (in weeks) |
| All Manitoba | 0 |
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Data for July 2023 |
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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
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CancerCare Manitoba |
Total (per month) |
2023/2024 Fiscal Year to Date1 |
2022/2023 Fiscal Year1 |
| All Manitoba | 52 |
265 |
725 |
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Data for July 2023 |
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1 Fiscal year is April to March.
