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Institut Jules Bordet

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Institut Jules Bordet
Geography
LocationBrussels, Belgium, Belgium
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Organisation
Affiliated universityUniversité libre de Bruxelles
Services
History
Opened1822
Links
ListsHospitals in Belgium


The Institut Jules Bordet is a specialized general hospital and research institute located in Brussels, Belgium. It is affiliated with the Université libre de Bruxelles and specializes in oncology. The institute is named after Jules Bordet, a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1919 for his discoveries relating to immunity.

The Institut Jules Bordet is the only accredited OECI-designated comprehensive cancer centre in Belgium.

Notable People[edit | edit source]

  • Dominique Bron, Head of Hematology
  • Albert Claude, Director (1949-1970)
  • Marc Lacroix, Breast cancer researcher
  • Martine Piccart, Head of Chemotherapy
  • Francoise Meunier, former IJB staff member and EORTC general director

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