title: Léon Bérard (1870-1956): creator of the homonymous anticancer center of Lyon.
abstract: Léon Bérard, the great French surgeon, Professor of Surgery in Lyon Faculty of Medicine, founded by his efforts the famous Anticancer Center of Lyon and pioneered Oncology.
authors.affiliation: Institute of History of Medicine, University Claude Bernard, Lyon, France. lyon48@otenet.gr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Androutsos
mesh_terms: D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery