Léon Eugène Bérard (17 February 1870, in

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) was a French

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and

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. He was the younger brother of

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scholar

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(1864–1931).

Life

He studied medicine in Lyon obtaining his doctorate in 1896. In 1898 he earned his agrégation in surgery, later being assigned as a surgeon to Lyon hospitals (1901). In 1914 he became a professor of clinical surgery, and from 1923 to 1940 served as director of the cancer centre in Lyon (later named the "Centre Léon-Bérard" in his honor).Prosopo
Sociétés savantes de France Known for his pioneer work in the fight against

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, he was among the first physicians to utilize

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as a treatment for cancer of the

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and for

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. He was a member of the ''Société de chirurgie de Lyon'' and of the ''Société nationale de médecine et des sciences médicales de Lyon''. From 1946 to 1956 he was a corresponding member of the ''

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''.

Selected works

* ''Contribution à l'anatomie et à la chirurgie du goître : parallèle entre la thyroïdectomie partielle, les énucléations et l'exothyropexie'', 1896 (under the direction of Antonin Poncet) – Contribution to the anatomy and surgery of

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: Parallel partial

thyroidectomy A thyroidectomy is an operation that involves the surgery, surgical removal of all or part of the thyroid gland. In general surgery, endocrine or head and neck surgeons often perform a thyroidectomy when a patient has thyroid cancer or some other ...

between enucleation and exothyropexy. * ''Traité clinique de l'actinomycose humaine, pseudo-actinomycose et botryomycose'', 1899 (with Antonin Poncet) – Clinical treatise on human

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, pseudo-actinomycosis and botryomycosis. * ''Cancer de l'oesophage'', 1927 – Cancer of the

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. * ''Affections chirurgicales du corps thyroïde'', 1929 – Surgical diseases of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berard, Leon Eugene 1870 births 1956 deaths University of Lyon alumni Academic staff of the University of Lyon People from Jura (department) French surgeons French oncologists