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Charles Brenton Huggins
Urology · Urology
Chicago, Canada
51 H-Index
8,317 Citations
597 Total Impact
GLNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1966)0
GLLasker Award0
Overview
Charles Brenton Huggins is a urology specialist at University of Chicago. Based in Chicago.
For Patients
- Pioneered the Hormonal therapy for cancer, a technique still used by doctors worldwide
- Research was cited 8K+ times by other doctors and scientists
- Based at University of Chicago in Chicago, Canada
Biography
Charles Huggins was a Canadian-American urologist who discovered that hormone therapy could treat prostate and breast cancer. His work on hormonal manipulation of cancer opened an entirely new approach to cancer treatment. Nobel Prize 1966.
Affiliations & Institutions
Research Impact
10 Publications
8,317 Total Citations
5K+ Citation Milestone
Publication Timeline
Published In
The Journal of UrologyArchives of surgeryProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesThe Journal of Experimental MedicineArchives of Surgery
Key Publications
Studies on Prostatic Cancer: I. The Effect of Castration, of Estrogen and of Androgen Injection on Serum Phosphatases in Metastatic Carcinoma of the Prostate
STUDIES ON PROSTATIC CANCER
Biochemical Sequences in the Transformation of Normal Fibroblasts in Adolescent Rats
Studies on prostatic cancer
RAPID INDUCTION OF MAMMARY CARCINOMA IN THE RAT AND THE INFLUENCE OF HORMONES ON THE TUMORS
Areas of Expertise
Pioneering Techniques
Medical Specialties
Clinical Knowledge & Procedures
Legacy Timeline
The life and contributions of Charles Brenton Huggins
1941
Discovered hormonal cancer therapy
Showed that removing testosterone through castration or estrogen therapy could shrink prostate cancer
1966
Nobel Prize
For discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer