Group meets with premier over ovarian cancer doctors leaving
A group of people in Saskatchewan are taking it upon themselves to keep the care of ovarian cancer patients near the top of the premier’s priorities.
By the end of next summer, three of the four gynecologic oncologists – doctors who specialize in gynecologic cancers – will be leaving their positions in the province.
According to the Saskatchewan Health Authority, one of the two gynecologic oncologists in Saskatoon will be leaving in December and the second is on indefinite leave. One of the two specialists in Regina will be leaving their position in June 2019, leaving just one for the entire province.
Ovarian cancer is the most deadly cancer for women in Canada – 55 per cent of those diagnosed won’t survive five years.