Charles B. Huggins; Nobel Prize Winner for Cancer Research

Charles B. Huggins, 95, Nobel Prize winner in medicine for research on prostate and breast cancers. Huggins shared the prize in 1966 with virologist F. Peyton Rous for research on the relationship between hormones and the two types of cancer. Their prize was only the second Nobel awarded for cancer research. Their research paved the way for treating advanced cancers by showing their dependence on chemical signals, ending the belief that cancers were autonomous and self-perpetuating. A native of Canada, Huggins earned his medical degree at Harvard University and taught at the University of Chicago. He began as a surgeon when surgery and radiation were the principal methods of treating cancer. On Sunday in Chicago.