| Dr. Hilario Soares de Gouvêa | |
| Birth Place: | Brazil |
| Fields: | Ophthalmology, Oncology |
| Known For: | first documentation of hereditary cancer |
Hilário de Gouvêa (1843-1929) was a Brazilian ophthalmologist noted for being the first person to document a case of hereditary cancer.[1] The cause of the recessive familial retinoblastoma he described was later further investigated and resulted in the first reported example of a tumor suppressor gene, RB.