What is Charles Brenton Huggins?
{{Nobelprize|Physiology or Medicine}} '''Charles Brenton Huggins''' (September 22, 1901 &ndash; January 12, 1997) was a [[Canada|Canadian]]-born [[Americans|American]] physician, physiologist, and cancer researcher at the [[University of Chicago]] specializing in [[prostate cancer]]. He was awarded the 1966 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for discovering that [[hormones]] could be used to control the spread of some [[cancer]]s. Huggins was born on September 22, 1901 in [[Halifax (former city)|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]. He studied at [[Acadia University]] and at [[Harvard University]]. Huggins died on January 22, 1997 in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] from natural causes, aged 95. ==Other websites== * [http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1966/huggins-bio.html Nobel biography] * [http://www.malecare.com Prostate Cancer] * [http://ben-may.bsd.uchicago.edu/bmi2/index.html Ben May Department for Cancer Research] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702062752/http://ben-may.bsd.uchicago.edu/bmi2/index.html |date=2007-07-02 }} {{Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Huggins, Charles Brenton}} [[Category:1901 births]] [[Category:1997 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian physicians]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:Medical researchers]] [[Category:Scientists from Chicago]] [[Category:People from Halifax, Nova Scotia]] [[Category:Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winners]] [[Category:Canadian Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:American Nobel Prize winners]]