Diagnostic Assessment Program
Each patient works closely with a patient navigator who, with our surgeons and the entire health care team, ensures care is coordinated throughout the diagnostic process. The result is timely diagnosis and transition to treatment options.
Breast
- Heather Griffith Breast Assessment Centre at Lakeridge Health
- Peterborough Regional Health Centre Breast Assessment Centre
- Rouge Valley Health System Breast Health Centre
- The Scarborough Hospital Breast Diagnostic Assessment Unit
We help coordinate a number of different tests which could include diagnostic mammography, breast ultrasound, breast MRI and image-guided core biopsies and surgical consults.
Prostate
R.S. McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre at Lakeridge Health
Patients with prostrate-related issues are referred by their family doctor to a urologist for initial consultation. If a decision is made for further tests, the urologist will refer to the DAU to proceed with a biopsy.
Rouge Valley Health System, Centenary Campus
Patients with an elevated PSA can be referred by their family doctor to the DAU directly where they'll be seen by a urologist to determine next steps.
Lung and Esophageal
The Central East Regional Thoracic Program
Clinics are located throughout the region in Peterborough, Cobourg, and Oshawa. All thoracic surgery is performed at Lakeridge Health in Oshawa.