Phil Gold
Phil Gold · Science & Medicine
Physician who discovered carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a widely used cancer marker
1936, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Canada (McGill University · Montreal General Hospital)
Phil Gold is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physician who discovered carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a widely used cancer marker
Born in Montreal to Jewish immigrant parents from Poland, Gold earned multiple degrees at McGill, where he spent his career. In 1965, working with Samuel Freedman, he discovered carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a protein shed by many tumors. This led to one of the first blood tests for cancer and the first recognized human tumor marker, now widely used to monitor colorectal and other cancers; his discovery helped open the entire field of tumor-marker diagnostics.
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Physician who discovered carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a widely used cancer marker
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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