Léon Bérard Center
Experts
Cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract (VADS)
Digestive neuroendocrine tumors
Specialties
Learning Resources
Compilation: Training Institute
Primary purpose: Provide a variety of training courses for people in a variety of healthcare positions.
Target audience: A variety of healthcare professionals.
Information: Information [1].
Compilation: University Courses
Primary purpose: Provide a variety of university courses for people in a variety of healthcare positions, with the support of the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1.
Target audience: A variety of healthcare professionals.
Information: Information [2].
Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods
Screening: Cancer Screening Program
Primary purpose: To detect cancer or precancerous conditions early, when they are most effectively treated.
Cancer Areas of Interest: Breast [3], Colorectal [4], Skin [5], Thyroid [6], Kidney [7], Prostate [8], Cervical [9], Colorectal [10], ENT [11].
Patient Association: The Léon Bérard Center Volunteers Association
Primary purpose: Every day in Consultation, Day Hospital and Radiotherapy, volunteers take turns from Monday to Friday to welcome and listen to patients. They offer coffee and sweets. In addition, in the Medicine department, a team is present with hospitalized patients and their relatives.
Informaiton: Information [12].
Facility: Espace de Rencontres et d'Information (ERI)
Primary purpose: Serves as an informational hub and meeting place for cancer patients and their loved ones, offering resources to better understand the disease, its treatment, and its impacts, while also fostering a supportive community.
Information: Information [13].
Resource: Therapeutic Education For Patients and Relatives (ETAPP)
Primary purpose: To equip patients and their families with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage their life with cancer, enabling them to understand and cope with the impacts of the disease, as well as facilitating informed decision-making and self-care throughout the treatment process.
Information: Information [14].
Resource: Take Care of Yourself
Primary purpose: Provide free, comprehensive wellness and beauty treatments, such as facial care, massages, manicures, corrective makeup, and hairdressing advice, aimed at enhancing the well-being and self-esteem of patients during their cancer treatment, and aiding them in managing the physical changes associated with their illness.
Information: Information [15].
Resource: Adaptive Physical Activity
Primary purpose: Provides comprehensive, adapted physical activity (APA) programs designed to help patients maintain or regain an active lifestyle during their treatment, with proven benefits in reducing mortality, recurrence risk, and fatigue, and improving quality of life, psychological state, and physical condition.
Information: Information [16].
Resource: Addiction Treatment
Primary purpose: To provide comprehensive support for individuals seeking to overcome addictions, particularly smoking, alcohol, and drugs, through the Center Léon Bérard's addictology system. This includes individual consultations, personalized treatment strategies, follow-ups, and education about the detrimental effects of these substances, particularly for cancer patients.
Information: Addiction treatment [17] and smoking cessation [18].
Resource: Occupational Cancer Consultation
Primary purpose: To improve the diagnosis of work-related cancers, identify potential occupational exposure, and assist patients with their compensation claims as occupational diseases.
Information: Information and contact [19].
Resource: Oncogenetics Consultation
Primary purpose: To assess potential hereditary cancer risks in families, consider possible genetic predispositions, offer appropriate genetic testing when required, and provide tailored monitoring and prevention advice based on the identified risks.
Information: Information and contact [20].
