William Harold Fishman (March 2, 1914 – January 25, 2001) was a Canadian-American cancer researcher who taught at Tufts University from 1948 until his retirement in 1975. In 1976, with a $180,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute, he co-founded the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation (since renamed the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute) with his wife, Lillian. He was also the founding editor-in-chief of ''

Tumor Biology ''Tumor Biology'' (also ''Tumour Biology'') is a bimonthly peer-reviewed open access medical journal covering clinical and experimental oncology. It was established in 1980 as ''Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine'', obtaining its current name i ...

'', serving in this role from 1980 to 1983.

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1914 births 2001 deaths Cancer researchers People from Winnipeg University of Saskatchewan alumni University of Toronto alumni Tufts University faculty Canadian biochemists 20th-century American biochemists University of Chicago faculty Medical journal editors Canadian emigrants to the United States {{US-med-bio-stub