Get Canada Bc Cancer Agency Patient-reported Information & Symptom Measurement (prism) 2021-2025

Only 62.3% of people in England received their diagnosis and started their first treatment within 2 months (or 62 days) of an urgent referral* in January 2024. The target is 85%.

The western provinces (BC, AB, SK, MB) each have a system of funding cancer drug treatments at 100%. There is no cost to the patient. This funding applies to intravenous drug treatments administered within a hospital chemo unit, AND drug treatments that are taken at home (e.g. pills).

If you are diagnosed with cancer, you should not have to wait more than 31 days from the diagnosis and a decision to start treatment before you have treatment.

In 2023, Canadians could expect a median wait of 27.7 weeks between referral to treatment across 12 medically-necessary specialities. In B.C., patients had to wait four weeks to see an oncologist, and another 5.9 weeks for treatment.

The BC Cancer Compassionate Access Program (CAP) (previously known as the Undesignated Drug Request Process) is now a secure online web-based system (designed to replace the current paper-based system) through which physicians across the province can submit requests, check the status of their requests, and receive ...

Only 62.3% of people in England received their diagnosis and started their first treatment within 2 months (or 62 days) of an urgent referral* in January 2024. The target is 85%.

The western provinces (BC, AB, SK, MB) each have a system of funding cancer drug treatments at 100%. There is no cost to the patient. This funding applies to intravenous drug treatments administered within a hospital chemo unit, AND drug treatments that are taken at home (e.g. pills).

Half of patients waited between 18 and 24 days for breast, bladder, colorectal and lung cancer surgery, while the median wait time for prostate surgery was 43 days. For this same period, cancer surgery volumes rebounded in 2021 to just under 5% of the pre-pandemic levels.

If you are diagnosed with cancer, you should not have to wait more than 31 days from the diagnosis and a decision to start treatment before you have treatment.

When a patient is diagnosed with cancer, the prescriber must register the patient with BC Cancer. At that time, a 7-digit BC Cancer identity number will be issued and used to identify and track all activity related to that patient.

In 2023, Canadians could expect a median wait of 27.7 weeks between referral to treatment across 12 medically-necessary specialities. In B.C., patients had to wait four weeks to see an oncologist, and another 5.9 weeks for treatment.

Chart Time PeriodWait Time - 50%Wait Time - 90% 2022 Jan-Mar 22 days 42 days 2022 Apr-Jun 24 days 40 days 2022 Jul-Sep 28 days 37 days 2022 Oct-Dec 28 days 45 days5 more rows

The BC Cancer Compassionate Access Program (CAP) (previously known as the Undesignated Drug Request Process) is now a secure online web-based system (designed to replace the current paper-based system) through which physicians across the province can submit requests, check the status of their requests, and receive ...

Half of patients waited between 18 and 24 days for breast, bladder, colorectal and lung cancer surgery, while the median wait time for prostate surgery was 43 days. For this same period, cancer surgery volumes rebounded in 2021 to just under 5% of the pre-pandemic levels.

When a patient is diagnosed with cancer, the prescriber must register the patient with BC Cancer. At that time, a 7-digit BC Cancer identity number will be issued and used to identify and track all activity related to that patient.

Chart Time PeriodWait Time - 50%Wait Time - 90% 2022 Jan-Mar 22 days 42 days 2022 Apr-Jun 24 days 40 days 2022 Jul-Sep 28 days 37 days 2022 Oct-Dec 28 days 45 days5 more rows

Half of patients waited between 18 and 24 days for breast, bladder, colorectal and lung cancer surgery, while the median wait time for prostate surgery was 43 days. For this same period, cancer surgery volumes rebounded in 2021 to just under 5% of the pre-pandemic levels.

When a patient is diagnosed with cancer, the prescriber must register the patient with BC Cancer. At that time, a 7-digit BC Cancer identity number will be issued and used to identify and track all activity related to that patient.

Chart Time PeriodWait Time - 50%Wait Time - 90% 2022 Jan-Mar 22 days 42 days 2022 Apr-Jun 24 days 40 days 2022 Jul-Sep 28 days 37 days 2022 Oct-Dec 28 days 45 days5 more rows

Page Content. Then known as the British Columbia Cancer Institute, BC Cancer's first cancer treatment centre officially opened in Vancouver on November 5, 1938.