Find Leading Breast Cancer Doctors in New Jersey

When you are looking for a breast cancer expert, you want a doctor with experience, access to the latest treatment technologies, and someone who stays current with the latest developments in breast cancer care. Our breast cancer doctors not only fit those criteria, but they work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to evaluate each patient and recommend the best possible treatment options.

Our nationally recognized breast cancer doctors provide the most advanced treatment options, including:

  • Clinical trials
  • Immunotherapy
  • Precision medicine
  • Complex surgical procedures
  • Advanced radiation therapy techniques

Our comprehensive approach ensures access to the best breast cancer treatment, and our unwavering attention to patient care, comfort, and convenience allows you to focus on your health.

Our Breast Cancer Team

Breast Cancer Surgeons

Many individuals with breast cancer have surgery as part of their treatment. Our breast cancer surgeons specialize in:

  • Lymph node biopsy. Lymphs filter harmful things, like germs, from the body. A lymph node biopsy is commonly used to check for cancer. Breast cancer surgeons take out a small lymph node tissue sample and send it to a specialist, who carefully examines it under a microscope. This helps diagnose cancer or determine if it has gone to another area. It can also look for the cause of the common symptom of swollen lymph nodes.
  • Lumpectomy. Surgery to remove cancerous breast tissue and a surrounding rim of normal tissue called the surgical margin. Breast cancer surgeons can preserve the remaining breast and breast sensation with this procedure. It may be referred to as a wide local excision, segmental resection, breast-conserving surgery, or partial mastectomy.
  • Mastectomy. Breast cancer surgeons remove the whole breast with this procedure. There are several different types of mastectomies, including simple mastectomy, skin-sparing mastectomy, nipple-sparing mastectomy, modified radical mastectomy, radical mastectomy, and double mastectomy. The procedures are usually only performed when cancer does not respond to other treatments, there are large tumors, and when breast-conserving surgery is not able to completely remove cancer.
  • Breast reconstruction. Breast reconstruction may be performed during or after a mastectomy. Breast implants and flap reconstruction, for example, are two methods to help reconstruct the breast.

Medical Oncologists

A breast cancer medical oncologist plays an important role in the treatment plan. They specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer through the use of:

  • Chemotherapy. Powerful drugs are used to kill fast-growing cancerous cells in the body. Chemotherapy drugs may be used alone or in combination with other treatment options to treat breast cancer.
  • Hormonal therapy. This type of therapy blocks estrogen and progesterone, two naturally occurring hormones, from attaching to cancer cells. Or, it may decrease the body’s production of these hormones. When these hormones cannot access cancer cells, cancer cells may die and tumor growth may slow down.
  • Biological therapy. This type of treatment uses the body's immune system to fight breast cancer. It is focused on enabling the body to recognize and kill breast cancer cells. There are several different types of biological therapy, and some may only be offered through clinical trials.
  • Targeted therapy. This type of therapy uses drugs to target specific genes and proteins involved in the growth and survival of breast cancer cells. It can decrease breast cancer tissue growth and development or it can target cells, like blood vessel cells, that cause cancer growth. Targeted therapy is often prescribed along with chemotherapy and other breast cancer treatments.

Radiation Oncologists

A radiation oncologist uses the therapeutic properties of radiation to treat and cure cancer. A radiation oncologist has the important job of determining how radiation fits into a breast cancer treatment plan.

During a radiation procedure, radiation oncologists carefully determine where the radiation will be delivered and what type of radiation to use.

External beam radiation therapy directs radiation from an external source outside the body to the breast cancer site.

Internal radiation therapy utilizes a carefully placed solid or liquid radiation source inside the body.

Meet Our Breast Cancer Teams

Learn more about our breast cancer team of experts by clicking on the facility below to help you with building your breast cancer doctor team.

Your breast cancer team includes advanced practice nurses and certified professionals with advanced credentials in cancer specialty care. Oncology nurse navigators help secure appointments, coordinate follow-up visits related to treatments and procedures, and guide you through aspects of survivorship.

To schedule an appointment with one of New Jersey’s best breast cancer specialists call 844-CANCERNJ or 844-226-2376.

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377 Jersey Avenue
Ground Floor, Medical Office Building
Jersey City, NJ 07302
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560 Springfield Ave
Westfield, NJ 07090
(973) 322-7020
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200 South Orange Avenue
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973) 322-7000
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368 Lakehurst Rd
1st Floor
Toms River, NJ 08755
(732) 557-3363
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4013 Route 9
Suite 2S
Howell, NJ 07731
(732) 923-7700
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The Jacqueline M. Wilentz Breast Center at Colts Neck
310 Route 34 South
Second Floor
Colts Neck, NJ 07722
(732) 923-7700
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414 Grand Street
Suite 9
Jersey City, NJ 07302
(201) 915-2730
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300 Second Avenue
Long Branch, NJ 07740
(732) 923-7700
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631 Grand Street
Jersey City, NJ 07304
(844) 226-2376
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94 Old Short Hills Road
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973) 322-5000
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Monmouth Medical Center
300 Second Avenue
Long Branch, NJ 07740
(732) 222-5200
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Clara Maass Medical Center
1 Clara Maass Drive
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(973) 450-2000
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Community Medical Center
99 Highway 37 West
Toms River, NJ 08755
(732) 557-8000
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
201 Lyons Avenue at Osborne Terrace
Newark, NJ 07112
(973) 926-7000
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Children's Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
201 Lyons Avenue at Osborne Terrace
Newark, NJ 07112
(973) 926-7000
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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany St.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 235-2465
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Jersey City Medical Center
355 Grand Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302
(201) 915-2000
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The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH
200 Somerset Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 828-3000
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RWJ University Hospital Rahway
865 Stone Street
Rahway, NJ 07065
(732) 381-4200
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RWJ University Hospital Somerset
110 Rehill Avenue
Somerville, NJ 08876
(908) 685-2200
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The Jacqueline M. Wilentz Breast Center at Lakewood
600 River Ave
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(732) 923-7700
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Trinitas Regional Medical Center – Williamson Street Campus
225 Williamson St
Elizabeth, NJ 07202
(908) 994-5000
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The Unterberg Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center
300 2nd Avenue
Long Branch, NJ 07740
(732) 923-7250
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Monmouth Medical Center Outpatient Infusion Center
100 State Route 36 West
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
(732) 222-6046
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RWJ University Hospital Hamilton
1 Hamilton Health Place
Hamilton, NJ 08690
(609) 586-7900
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Place
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 828-3000
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Jersey City Medical Center Women's Health at Grove Street
116 Newark Avenue
(at Grove Street PATH Plaza)
Jersey City, NJ 07302
(201) 984-1270
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Center for Breast Health and Disease Management - Livingston
200 South Orange Avenue
Suite 102
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973) 322-7020
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Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus
600 River Avenue
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(732) 363-1900
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The Family Health Center (FHC) at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
166 Lyons Avenue
Newark, NJ 07112
(973) 926-7000
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Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
125 Paterson Street
Clinical Academic Building (CAB)
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 235-6200
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Community Medical Center Women’s Imaging Center – Barnegat
770 Lighthouse Drive
Suite 118A
Barnegat, NJ 08005
(848) 208-6203
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Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group at Monroe
800 Bunn Drive
Suite 303
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 655-5178
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Laurie Proton Therapy Center
141 French Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 253-3176
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Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group
18 Centre Drive
Clinical Academic Building (CAB)
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(609) 655-5178
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Cancer Center at RWJ Hamilton
2575 Klockner Road
Hamilton Township, NJ 08690
(609) 631-6960
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