An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16019 entries, 14077 authors and 1941 subjects. Updated: July 25, 2024

HUGGINS, Charles Brenton

2 entries
  • 4276

Studies on prostatic cancer. I. The effect of castration, of estrogen, and of androgen injection on serum phosphatases in metastatic carcinoma of the prostate.

Cancer Res., 1, 293-97, 1941.

In 1966 Huggins was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering in 1941 "for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer."



Subjects: NOBEL PRIZES › Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, ONCOLOGY & CANCER › Carcinoma, UROLOGY › Prostate
  • 4276.1

Bilateral adrenalectomy in prostatic cancer; clinical features and urinary excretion of 17-ketosteroids and estrogen.

Ann. Surg., 122, 1031-41, 1945.

Adrenalectomy for carcinoma of the prostate.



Subjects: ONCOLOGY & CANCER › Carcinoma, UROLOGY › Prostate