1911.08.08～1981

医学家。广东梅县人。1934年毕业于中山大学医学院，获学士学位和金质奖牌。中国医学科学院实验医学研究所教授。中国实验肿瘤学的创始人之一。在中国首次利用芳香烃类化合物诱发小鼠皮下纤维肉瘤获成功；建立第一个纤维肉瘤SP，先后建立9个可移植瘤株，创建了第一个“瘤株保种传代室”；对宫颈癌、食管癌病因做了研究，首次提出食管癌霉菌病因问题，并创立了“宫颈癌综合病因学说”。

1980年当选为中国科学院院士（学部委员）。

Specialist in medicine. Born in Meixian, Guangdong Province. Graduated with B.Sc. and gold medal from the Medical School of Zhongshan University in 1934. Professor, Department of Pathology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.

Yang was one of the founders of experimental oncology in China. He was the first in China who successfully used aromatic hydrocarbon compounds to induce subcutaneous fibrosarcoma SP, 9 transplantable tumor strains and the first laboratory for the preservation and reproduction of tumor strains. He studied the etiology of cervical cancer and esophagus carcinoma. He was the first to propose the mycotic pathogeny of esophagus carcinoma and he established the comprehensive etiologic hypothesis of cervical carcinoma.

He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.