Saint Peter’s Breast Center Attains National Accreditation

On Oct 16, 2025

Saint Peter’s Breast Center, a service of Saint Peter’s University Hospital, has once again earned accreditation under the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC). Having been the first breast center in central New Jersey to have earned a full three-year accreditation from the NAPBC, this is the 6th consecutive time Saint Peter’s has earned NAPBC accreditation.

Programs accredited by the NAPBC require a breast center to facilitate multidisciplinary, integrated, and comprehensive breast cancer services. The NAPBC focuses on the spectrum of a patient’s journey with breast cancer or breast disease, including prevention, screening, treatment, and survivorship. By setting high standards, NAPBC accreditation guides breast centers in providing comprehensive breast care based on scientific evidence and subsequently guides patients as to where to seek the best care.

“NAPBC accreditation reassures patients and their loved ones that Saint Peter’s Breast Center provides comprehensive and advanced care,” said Lisa Hopkins MD, breast surgeon with Astera Cancer Care who sees patients at Saint Peter’s Breast Center. “Receiving care close to home is not only convenient but alleviates additional stress and anxiety during treatment while allowing friends and family to provide support.”

Saint Peter’s Breast Center offers access to a full range of state-of-the-art services, including women’s imaging, screening and diagnostic mammography services, bone density testing, breast surgery, radiation oncology, genetic counseling, survivorship services, physical rehabilitation services, nutrition and social services, and lymphedema prevention and rehabilitation.

Routine screening at Saint Peter’s Women’s Imaging Center is important for early diagnosis of breast disease. Saint Peter’s offers Hologic®Genius™3D Mammography™ which ensures greater clarity and detail, improving early detection of breast disease and other irregularities. It is clinically proven to detect 20% to 65% more invasive breast cancers compared to traditional 2D mammography. The 3DQuorum™ feature ensures a more timely and accurate diagnosis due to artificial intelligence technology that identifies clinically relevant regions of interest in the breast.

Radiation oncologists from Astera Cancer Care provide advanced cancer therapy and compassionate patient care at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in collaboration with Saint Peter’s pathologists, oncologists, surgeons, and other cancer specialists.

As an NAPBC-accredited institution, Saint Peter’s also becomes an ACS Surgical Quality Partner. Being identified as a Surgical Quality Partner signifies a hospital’s dedication to consistently improving procedures and protocols, minimizing complications, and achieving better patient outcomes.

“ACS Quality programs are grounded in more than a century of experience and participation. As an ACS Surgical Quality Partner, Saint Peter’s University Hospital has shown a commitment providing the best possible patient care, evaluating that care in a rigorous fashion, and dedicating themselves to continuous self-improvement,” said ACS Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS.

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