Jean Alban Bergonié, (born 1 October 1857 in Casseneuil, died 2 January 1925), was a French

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. The Bergonié Institute - a regional centre cancer research in

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was founded by him. His name is included on the ''

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'' erected in

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, Germany in 1936.

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* ''Jean Bergonié'', par Bernard Hoerni, Éd. Glyphe, 2007, . People from Lot-et-Garonne 1857 births 1925 deaths French oncologists {{oncology-stub