Suzette Delaloge

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Suzette Delaloge is a French oncologist. She was awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour in 2018.

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Career

From 2004 to 2021, Delaloge was head of the Breast Pathology Department at the Institut Gustave-Roussy. [1] She is the editor on research focused on breast cancer for the European Journal of Cancer. [2]

Research

In 2004, Delaloge set up the first rapid screening system for breast cancer. In 2016, in an article in the newspaper Le Monde, she returned to screening where she explained that this "public health issue has become a political issue". [3] Delaloge is also the coordinator of the MyPebs programme, an international project funded by the European Union to evaluate the benefits of personalised breast cancer screening in 85,000 women aged 40 to 70. [4]

Selected publications

Honors and awards

In 2018 Delaloge was named a Knight of the Legion of Honour. [5]

References

  1. "Suzette Delaloge". Gustave Roussy. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  2. "Editorial Board". European Journal of Cancer.
  3. "Dépistage du cancer du sein : " il faut prévenir les risques d'inégalité d'accès à la prévention et au dépistage "". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  4. Moreira, Enrique (2018-09-30). "Cancer du sein : le pari d'un dépistage personnalisé". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  5. "Légion d'honneur : des femmes médecins et chercheuses à l'honneur". Le Quotidien du Médecin (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-12.