Institut Gustave Roussy
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The Institut Gustave-Roussy is one of the world’s leading cancer-research institutes and the biggest health center dedicated to oncology
in Europe. It is located in Villejuif
, South Paris
, France
. It is named after Gustave Roussy
, a French neuropathologist.
Oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...
in Europe. It is located in Villejuif
Villejuif
Villejuif is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.-Name:The name Villejuif was recorded for the first time in a papal bull of 1119 as Villa Judea, the meaning of which is still debated...
, South Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It is named after Gustave Roussy
Gustave Roussy
Gustave Roussy was a Swiss-French neuropathologist who was born in Vevey, Switzerland.-Career:As interne des hôpitaux in Paris, Roussy worked under neurologists Pierre Marie and Joseph Jules Dejerine, and in 1907 earned his doctorate from the University of Paris...
, a French neuropathologist.
Personalities who have worked in the hospital
- Gustave RoussyGustave RoussyGustave Roussy was a Swiss-French neuropathologist who was born in Vevey, Switzerland.-Career:As interne des hôpitaux in Paris, Roussy worked under neurologists Pierre Marie and Joseph Jules Dejerine, and in 1907 earned his doctorate from the University of Paris...
, first director (1921–1947) - Tabaré VázquezTabaré VázquezTabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas is a former President of Uruguay. A physician by training, he is a member of the leftist Frente Amplo coalition . Vázquez was elected president on October 31, 2004, took office on March 1, 2005, and relinquished the office on March 1, 2010...
- Maurice Tubiana, fifth director (1982-1988) and member of the French Academy of SciencesFrench Academy of SciencesThe French Academy of Sciences is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research...
- Georges MathéGeorges MathéGeorges Mathé was a French oncologist and immunologist. In 1959, he performed the first successful bone marrow transplant not performed on identical twins.-Biography:...
, oncologist and immunologistImmunologyImmunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and diseases; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders ; the...
who performed in 1959 the first successful bone marrow transplantBone marrow transplantHematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the transplantation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cell or blood, usually derived from bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells, or umbilical cord blood...
not performed on identical twins.