Awards & Winners

Edmund Klein

Edmund Klein was an American dermatologist. He was a research professor at the University at Buffalo and served as chief of dermatology at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Klein developed a topical treatment for skin cancer with 5-fluorouracil, developed one of the first effective treatments for Kaposi’s sarcoma, and was amongst the first to clinically explore the use of lymphocytes to help cancer patients. He won the 1972 Lasker Award.

Awards by Edmund Klein

Check all the awards nominated and won by Edmund Klein.

1972


Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
(For his outstanding contribution in the treatment of premalignant and malignant cancers of the skin.)