Access to cancer treatment
This page has information on access to treatment for breast, prostate, and bowel cancer in HUS.
Access to treatment for a breast cancer patient
Average wait time of breast cancer patients, from the time when their referral is received to their initial outpatient clinic appointment. Average wait time from initial appointment to surgery.
Year | Days between referral and appointment | Days between referral and surgery |
January 2023 | 14 | 10 |
February 2023 | 8 | 11,5 |
March 2023 | 14 | 13 |
April 2023 | 18 | 12 |
May 2023 | 16 | 12 |
June 2023 | 18 | 9 |
July 2023 | 16 | 10 |
August 2023 | 15 | 10 |
September 2023 | 11 | 9 |
October 2023 | 13 | 14 |
November 2023 | 14 | 12 |
December 2023 | 18 | 12 |
January 2024 | 19 | 14 |
Average wait time of breast cancer patients, from the time when their referral is received to their initial outpatient clinic appointment. Average wait time from initial appointment to starting medication.
Year | Days between referral and appointment | Days between referral and starting medication |
January 2023 | 13,5 | 7 |
February 2023 | 8 | 6 |
March 2023 | 8,0 | 6 |
April 2023 | 6 | 7 |
May 2023 | 6 | 4,5 |
June 2023 | 12 | 2 |
July 2023 | 14 | 4 |
August 2023 | 13,5 | 5 |
September 2023 | 14,5 | 6 |
October 2023 | 13 | 7 |
November 2023 | 14 | 5 |
December 2023 | 12 | 6 |
January 2024 | 12 | 5 |
Access to treatment for a prostate cancer patient
Average treatment wait time of prostate cancer patients from the time when their referral is received at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, when radiotherapy is the only form of treatment. Generally, patients undergo diagnostic examinations at a urology outpatient clinic before they are referred to the Comprehensive Cancer Center. If the initial treatment is hormone therapy, radiotherapy will begin 2 to 3 months later according to the plan.
Year | Days between referral and appointment | Days between referral and radiotherapy |
January 2023 | 38,0 | 82,5 |
February 2023 | 37 | 76,0 |
March 2023 | 35,5 | 86 |
April 2023 | 35,5 | 89 |
May 2023 | 36 | 71 |
June 2023 | 35,5 | 82,5 |
July 2023 | 41 | 82 |
August 2023 | 44 | 89 |
September 2023 | 34,5 | 90 |
October 2023 | 30 | 82 |
November 2023 | 54 | 80 |
December 2023 | 59 | 79 |
January 2024 | 41,5 | 84 |
Average wait time of prostate cancer patients, from the time when their referral is received to when they have their initial outpatient clinic appointment, and from the time when their referral is received to starting radiotherapy.
Average treatment wait time of prostate cancer patients from the time when their referral is received at a urology outpatient clinic, when surgery has been chosen as the form of treatment. The table below shows wait times for surgery per quarter.
Year - Quarter | Days between referral and appointment | Days between referral and surgery |
2023 - 1 | 37 | 142 |
2023 - 2 | 34 | 120 |
2023 - 3 | 35,5 | 126 |
2023 - 4 | 34 | 110,5 |
2024 - 1 | 26 | 171,5 |
Average wait time of prostate cancer patients, from the time when their referral is received to their initial outpatient clinic appointment, and from the time when their referral is received to the day of surgery.
Bowel cancer patient's access to treatment
Bowel cancer (C18, C19, C20)
Year | Days between referral and appointment | Days between appointment and treatment |
January 2023 | 20 | 8 |
February 2023 | 15,5 | 6 |
March 2023 | 18,5 | 6 |
April 2023 | 22 | 9,5 |
May 2023 | 22 | 5 |
June 2023 | 22,5 | 6 |
July 2023 | 24 | 8 |
August 2023 | 22 | 6 |
September 2023 | 21 | 4 |
October 2023 | 19,5 | 11 |
November 2023 | 20 | 7 |
December 2023 | 22 | 7 |
January 2024 | 20 | 6 |