National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC)

Helping You Help Others

The NAPBC is here to help your facility deliver high-quality care for breast disease that’s available today. We set standards, provide quality measures, offer participation in clinical trials, and more. That includes professional education and patient advocacy along with benchmark comparisons.

Upcoming Events

Clinical Congress 2023

Join us October 22–25 in Boston for education, networking, and the latest surgical innovation you won’t find anywhere else and for every stage of your surgical career.

ACS Cancer Care Conference

Mark Your Calendars now for the 2024 ACS Cancer Conference, February 22-24 in Austin, TX

Apply for Accreditation

The NAPBC provides the structure and resources you need to develop and operate a high-quality breast center. Accredited programs follow a model for organizing and managing a breast center to ensure multidisciplinary, integrated, comprehensive breast cancer services.

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Standards and Resources

Accreditation Standards

The NAPBC standards for accreditation address the full continuum of cancer—from prevention to survivorship and end-of-life care—while addressing both survival and quality of life.

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Find a NAPBC-Accredited Center

Accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) is granted only to those centers that are voluntarily committed to providing the best possible care to patients with diseases of the breast. Each breast center must undergo a rigorous evaluation and review of its performance and compliance with NAPBC Standards. To maintain accreditation, centers must monitor compliance with NAPBC Standards to ensure quality care, and undergo an onsite review every three years.

Site Reviewers

Our site reviewers have extensive and demonstrable knowledge of the current NAPBC standards and previous experience teaching or presenting instructional or educational information to a learner-based audience.

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Patient Education

The Your Breast Cancer Surgery Program gives patients tools and support to help prepare physically, mentally, and emotionally for surgery.

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What Accreditation Means

Our brochure informs patients about what accreditation means and showcases your commitment to providing the best in breast and cancer care.

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Resources

The NAPBC Advocacy & Outreach Committee has resources to help breast center staff educate patients on biomarkers, biomarker testing, and patient/doctor communications.

National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers

Quality Portal

CAnswer Forum