# Centre Léon Bérard

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## TL;DR

Lyon's cancer centre, a world reference for sarcoma and rare cancers, led by Jean-Yves Blay, who also presides over UNICANCER.

## Summary

Founded in 1923, the Centre Léon Bérard is the UNICANCER centre for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and the clinical arm of the Cancer Research Center of Lyon (CRCL, with Inserm, CNRS and Lyon 1). Under Jean-Yves Blay it coordinates the French NetSarc sarcoma network and the European Reference Network for rare adult solid cancers (EURACAN). Programmes include the ProfiLER molecular profiling study, a large early-phase unit, breast oncology under Thomas Bachelot, paediatric oncology (IHOPe) and a Lyon Integrated Cancer Research Site (LYriCAN). The International Agency for Research on Cancer sits in the same city.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: CLB; Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer de Lyon
- City: Lyon, FR
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://www.centreleonberard.fr

## Sources

- Homepage: https://www.centreleonberard.fr
- Cancer Research Center of Lyon: https://www.crcl.fr
- EURACAN: https://euracan.eu

## Connected records

- cancers: [HER2-positive breast cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-her2-positive/), [HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-hr-positive/), [Melanoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/melanoma/), [Sarcomas (soft tissue, bone, GIST)](https://onco.cc/cancers/sarcoma/)
- fronts: [Targeted Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/targeted-therapy/)
- technologies: [Comprehensive genomic profiling](https://onco.cc/technologies/cgp/), [Immune checkpoint inhibitors](https://onco.cc/technologies/checkpoint-inhibitor/), [Small-molecule kinase inhibitors](https://onco.cc/technologies/kinase-inhibitors/)
- companies: [French Sarcoma Group](https://onco.cc/companies/french-sarcoma-group/), [UNICANCER](https://onco.cc/companies/unicancer/)
- institutions: [International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC / WHO)](https://onco.cc/institutions/iarc/)
- people: [Isabelle Ray-Coquard](https://onco.cc/people/isabelle-ray-coquard/), [Jean-Yves Blay](https://onco.cc/people/jean-yves-blay/), [Patrick Mehlen](https://onco.cc/people/patrick-mehlen/), [Thomas Bachelot](https://onco.cc/people/thomas-bachelot/)
- bottlenecks: [Rare and paediatric cancers without markets](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-rare-cancers/)

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