Established in Rue Laennec 28, Lyon 69373 (France).
The Centre Léon Bérard (CLB) is part of the twenty French Comprehensive Cancer Centers, providing a global management of cancer patients on a unique area, from diagnosis to treatment and beyond. The Centre is a regional, national and international recognized reference cancer Centre assigned with three essential missions: Care, Research and Education and is willing to continuously improve the quality and accessibility of care for cancer patients. More than 30,000 patients are received each year, on consultations or exams and 6,000 new cancer cases are diagnosed.
The CLB has technical and treatment facilities (operating rooms, radiation therapy center, medical imaging departments, pathology and nuclear medicine departments). The bench-to bedside process is one of the strength of the Centre Léon Bérard. The Centre Léon Bérard develops an excellence and multidisciplinary research, in association with the cares carried out on site and institutional and private partners. The foundations of this development lay in the medical and scientific project. The CLB aims to reinforce the bench-to-bedside process by facilitating translational research to help innovation and speed-up its access to patients for diagnoses and therapies. Clinical research has been certified ISO 9001 since 2013 and is thus one of the strength of the Centre. As a result, more than 20% of patients were included in clinical trials in 2016. At the Centre Léon Bérard 1,700 persons work in cares, research, education and supportive care (200 physicians, 500 researchers, 600 caregivers). CLB is a reference center within the European Reference Network (ERN) EURACAN.
Members:
- Jean-Yves Blay, Medical Oncologist and Partner Leader
- Armelle Duifresne, Medical Oncologist
- Mehdi Brahmi, Medical Oncologist
- Francois Gouin, Surgeon
- Isabelle Ray-Coquard, Medical Oncologist
- Marie Karanian, Pathologist
- Pierre Meeus, Surgeon
- Julien Bollard, Project Manager
