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Rapid research autopsy is a stealthy but growing contributor to cancer research
Author(s) -
Duregon Eleonora,
Schneider Jowaly,
DeMarzo Angelo M.,
Hooper Jody E.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.32184
Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , cancer , clinical research , investment (military) , distress , pathology , clinical psychology , politics , political science , law
Rapid autopsy has been shown to be a powerful tool for advancing research at essentially no risk and with no distress to the contributing patient. Academic and health centers with a substantial investment in cancer research should consider using this emerging research support modality.