Guillemin he described the neurohormone gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) that controls follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), two hormones that are integral parts of reproduction and growth and development. Schally received an honoris causa doctors degree from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Recognized as a Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation of Eminent Scientists of Polish Origin and Ancestry. He was married to Margaret Rachel White (divorced), and Ana Maria de Medeiros-Comaru. Cancer research In 1981 it was demonstrated that the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonistic analogs that Schally had developed between the years of 1972-1978 inhibited the growth of prostate cancer in rats. Alongside Dr. George Tolis, Schally conducted the first clinical trial of GnRH for patients with advanced prostate cancer in 1982. This method is now the preferred treatment for advanced prostate carcinoma. About 70% of patients with prostate cancer receive an agonist as their primary method of treatment. According to Schally, his treatment causes fewer side effects than radiation and chemotherapy. The previous method of treatment, orchiectomy or the administration of estrogens, was based on the research of Charles Brenton Huggins. In 2004, after the death of his wife due to thyroid cancer, Schally found comfort in continuing his research. Awards and honors Van Meter Award of the American Thyroid Association (1969) Albert Lasker Award (1975) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1977) Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement (1978) References Aleksandra Ziółkowska, Korzenie są polskie (The Roots Are Polish), Warsaw, 1992, . Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm, The Roots Are Polish, Toronto, 2004, . Nicholas Wade, The Nobel Duel, Garden City, Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1981. External links 1926 births Living people American endocrinologists American Nobel laureates Baylor College of Medicine physicians and researchers McGill University Faculty of Medicine alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine People with acquired American citizenship Polish emigrants to the United States Recipients of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research Tulane University faculty Scientists from Vilnius Baylor College of Medicine faculty