Cantero, Antonio, 1902-1976

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Cantero, Antonio, 1902-1976

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        1902-1976

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        Antonio Cantero was born on November 23, 1903, in Ofena, Italy. He graduated from McGill University with a degree in medicine in 1927, and went on to become a pioneer in gastroenterology. He was a cancer researcher associated with the Notre-Dame Hospital in Montreal.

        In 1947, he co-founded the Montreal Cancer Institute with Dr. Louis-Charles Simard, a pathologist from Notre-Dame Hospital. The Institute collaborated with Notre-Dame Hospital and the University of Montreal to carry out its mission.

        He was the director of research laboratories at the Montreal Cancer Institute by 1960. His wife, Fernande Kent, was also the VP of the Canadian Cancer Society Quebec Division in 1957.

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            Old McGill 1927
            ACFAS Bulletin Nov 1960 (BAnQ)
            Le Canadien 20 Nov 1957 (BAnQ)
            La Presse, 18 Mar 1997 (BAnQ) (wife's name) https://www.icm.qc.ca/about-us/the-history-of-the-institute?lang=en

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