Abstract PS19-16: Utility of rapid autopsy in cancer research: Unexpected findings and lessons learned from warm autopsies of metastatic breast cancer patients
Abstract:Metastatic disease is understudied largely because of inaccessibility to quality specimens for research use. The Legacy Project, a rapid or “warm”, autopsy program at City of Hope, seeks to overcome this challenge by collecting tissue from metastatic patients immediately (within 6 hours) after their death. This paradigm serves as a specimen resource to address many clinically relevant questions, such as disease heterogeneity and mechanisms driving disease progression. Using this model, we uncovered clinically … Show more
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