Freddy Homburger

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Intro

Swiss oncologist

Places

Switzerland

was

Scientist Oncologist

Work field

Healthcare Science

Gender

Male

Birth

8 February 1916 People who share this birthday

Death

25 September 2001 People who died on this day

Age

85 years

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Biography

Freddy Homburger (8 February 1916 in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland- 25 September 2001 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a Swiss-born oncologist. In 1973, Homburger was studying the cause of cancer and its relation with cigarette smoking. He succeeded in inducing laryngeal cancer in hamsters who smoked; however, the Council for Tobacco Research, which was underwriting his research, forbid him to publish his research results as long as he referred to the growths as "cancerous", and threatened to ruin him financially.
Homburger, and his suppressed research, gained prominence in 1997 in tobacco-related lawsuits.

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