HUGGINS, Charles Brenton (1901 – 1997)
1901 – 1997
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
1941
#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.
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."
1945
#4276.1
Bilateral adrenalectomy in prostatic cancer; clinical features and urinary excretion of 17-ketosteroids and estrogen.
Adrenalectomy for carcinoma of the prostate.