The Cape Breton Cancer Centre
At the Cape Breton Auto Show 2009 “Proceeds from Sale of Tickets on two Baskets of Goodies, $1 from the door admission & all sales from the BBQ, were donated to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation’s Cancer Centre Expansion Project”. We Donated over $6,000.

In 2010 the Cape Breton Auto Show will also donate $1 from each admission ticket to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation’s Cancer Centre Expansion Project” We are fortunate to have access to one of Nova Scotia’s two Cancer Centres here on the Island. The Cape Breton Cancer Centre also holds the distinction of being recognized as the No. 1 Cancer Centre in Canada for patient satisfaction and level of care for the last three years, as reported by a National Survey.

Information About the Cancer Centre
Opened in 1998, last year the Cape Breton Cancer Centre had more than 25,000 patient visits from residents of Cape Breton, Richmond, Inverness, Victoria, Antigonish and Guysborough counties.

Reported wait times at the Cape Breton Cancer Centre are better than Halifax and the national average. For Cape Bretoners, the Cancer Centre enables residents of the island to remain close to family and friends while receiving treatment.

Funding:
The Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia have committed to move forward with new equipment and an expansion of the Cancer Centre. The Cape Breton community must raise $2 million to allow for the Cape Breton Cancer Centre expansion-the first step in maintaining our strong local cancer service.

The Project:
Plans include the addition of a linear accelerator and one CT simulator used for radiation therapy treatment, as well as a building expansion to house the new equipment. In addition, surgical equipment that is used for cancer surgery and replacement equipment used for diagnostic purposes will be included.

Building expansion includes a new treatment bunker- where patients receive treatment.

Timeline:
The hospital will break ground in April 2009.

Facts:
93% of all cancer cases in Cape Breton are treated at the Cape Breton Cancer Centre.

New Cancer Patients in 2006/07:

  • 789 new medical oncology patients
  • 403 new radiation patients

Patient Visits in 2006/07:

  • 4,907 chemotherapy cases
  • 6,000 radiation cases

Most common cancer cases in Cape Breton:

  1. Lung
  2. Breast
  3. Colon