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Immunology and colonic cancer: Further evaluation of the radioimmunoassay for carcinoembryonic antigen of the human digestive system as an adjunct in cancer diagnosis

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  1. Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy of the Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Phil Gold M.D. (Associate of the Medical Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada), Terrance Wilson M.D., Roberta Romero M.D., Joseph Shuster M.D. (Scholar of the Medical Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada) & Samuel O. Freedman M.D.

  2. McGill University Medical Clinic of the Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Phil Gold M.D. (Associate of the Medical Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada), Terrance Wilson M.D., Roberta Romero M.D., Joseph Shuster M.D. (Scholar of the Medical Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada) & Samuel O. Freedman M.D.

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Supported by Grants from the Medical Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, the National Cancer Institute of Canada, Toronto, Canada, and the Cancer Research Society, Inc., Montreal, Canada.

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Gold, P., Wilson, T., Romero, R. et al. Immunology and colonic cancer: Further evaluation of the radioimmunoassay for carcinoembryonic antigen of the human digestive system as an adjunct in cancer diagnosis. Dis Colon Rectum 16, 358–365 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587577

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