Northern New Jersey Breast doctor for my mom.

Hi,

I'm sorry to hear about your mother.

Are you near New Brunswick? That's home to the Cancer Institute of NJ, a NCI designated cancer center associated with Rutgers. The phone is (732) 235-2465. If you aren't close to that try googling nci designated cancer centers. NCI stands for National Cancer Institute and is part of the government. The NCI has designated some 45+ cancer centers in the US as meeting certain standards of excellence. I'd start looking at the NCI website which has an interactive map to its centers.

If you're not close to any NCI designated center, you might want to call the number above for a referral.

Hope this helps.

bride

How far north?

Morristown Memorial - the Carol G Simon cancer center has made my experience much better. Dr. Gendler is the main doc in her practice, she does have another surgeon there who I don't know but I imagine is excellent as well.

Good luck!

Jennwith4kids..is that where you went for chemo as well? I was going to chose Dr. Gendler, but was already at St. Barnabas for my Mammo and Ultrasound...and when they saw the possibility of cancer they gave me the list of drs.. so I chose Dr. Blackwood at St. Barnabas Center for Breast Health and Disease Mgmt. for my surgery. She is the director of the group. Thought I was in good hands at that point and then proceeded to have my chemo at the Cancer Center at St. Barnabas. Was wondering if anyone else had used St. Barnabas for treatment and how experience was. I really did not research much...just wanted the cancer gone and thought that St. Barnabas was as good as any... Hoping to hear from others as to what they think about St. Barnabas. I know I am done with chemo...but still going there for my followups since I am on hormonal drugs now. Always wonder if its too late to get second opinion as to what I should be doing moving forward.