| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1928 |
| Number: | 23 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Johannes A Fibiger |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1867 |
| Year, Death: | 1928 |
| Profession: | prof pathological anatomy |
| University: | University of Copenhagen |
| City: | Copenhagen |
| Country: | DENMARK (DK) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1926 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Katsusaburo Yamagiwa |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof emeritus |
| University: | Tokyo Imperial University |
| City: | Tokyo |
| Country: | JAPAN (JP) |
| Motivation: | J. Fibiger: The parasite Spiroptera neoplastica, found in cockroaches, can cause the development of true carcinoma in the stomach of rats. K. Yamagiwa: First to show that malignant tumors, carcinoma and sarcoma, could be produced by application of tar to the tissues of certain mammals. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Alexander Maximow |
| Profession: | prof anatomy |
| University: | University of Chicago |
| City: | Chicago |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |