JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas  –   Brooke Army Medical Center once again has been re-accredited for three years by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer program.

To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 CoC quality care standards, be evaluated every three years through a survey process, and maintain levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care.

“Accreditation by the CoC assures patients that BAMC maintains high standards in cancer care, equivalent to what they would receive in any civilian institution accredited by the CoC,” said Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Timothy Vreeland, chair of the BAMC cancer program.

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