Ligue contre le cancer
France
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On 14 March 1918, Justin Godart, then Secretary of State for health in the military, founded the Franco-Anglo-American Anti-Cancer League, which would later become the National Anti-Cancer League. It was officially declared on 6 April 1918, authorised as a charity on 21 June of the same year and recognised as a public welfare organisation in 1920. Today, as the top funding association for cancer research in France, the League also assists patients and their loved ones, actively supports healthcare personnel, and proactively fights cancer by promoting screening, particularly among populations not in direct contact with public health messages. It strives to offer better prevention through health information and education and other hands-on actions.
