title: [The Bulletin du cancer: the years before the First World War].
abstract: Three years after its founding in 1909, the Association française pour l'étude du cancer is a major scientific society developing transdisciplinary debates particularly on innovative therapeutics in cancer, such as the developing use of radium. The Association at that time assembles together all the French medical elite. Reading the Bulletin offers a clear view of the brilliant monthly debates. First World War stopped the life of the Association for four years. After this break, the set up of dedicated centers for cancer treatment was responsible for a major turn in the Association's life.
authors.affiliation: Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie - Paris-VI, hôpital Tenon, service d'histologie-biologie tumorale, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bernaudin
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000266:history; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000266:history; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000266:history*; D008853:Microscopy / Q000266:history; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000266:history; D012042:Registries; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D047828:World War I
keywords: 1909; 1914; French Cancer Association; history