Gustave-Roussy School of Cancer Sciences
Together with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Paris-Saclay, the Institut Gustave Roussy runs the School of Cancer Sciences, a university division specializing in oncology. The lessons take place at the Cancer Campus in Villejuif in the Val-de-Marne.
In the various courses offered by the faculty of medicine (adult, adolescent and child oncology; surgery; best practices; medical imaging; radiotherapy; other courses), the establishment integrates the Doctoral School of Oncology, Biology, Medicine, Health (and its Master 2 in Biology and Health, Cancerology specialty), created with the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay. [3]
Directed in 2015 by Pierre Blanchard, the school had trained nearly 2,800 students and awarded 26 university degrees. [3]
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