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Charles Brenton Huggins

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Charles Brenton Huggins (1901 to 1997) was a Canadian-American surgeon and physiologist. He discovered that sex hormones influence the growth of the prostate gland and developed hormone therapy for prostate cancer, later extending his hormone research to breast cancer. He was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Peyton Rous, for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer.

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Birth Year
1901 1
Gender
Male 2
Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2
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1. Wikidata: Charles Brenton Huggins
  • Wikidata Q155371, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P569 (w-bbfill-medicine3-0926)
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2. Nobel Prize Outreach: Nobel Prize API: laureates in Physiology or Medicine, entries 1 to 50
Nobel Prize Outreach
  • laureate id 384, nobelPrizes
    "nobelPrizes": [ { "awardYear": "1966", "category": { "en": "Physiology or Medicine"
  • laureate id 384, gender
    "fullName": { "en": "Charles Brenton Huggins", "se": "Charles Brenton Huggins" }, "fileName": "huggins", "gender": "male"
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Wikipedia: Charles Brenton Huggins
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  • Wikidata Q155371, P569
  • In Group: Physiologists, Anatomists and Natural Historians of Medicine, Lead section
    surgeon and physiologist
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