The clinical, research, and social value of autopsy after any cancer death
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Collection of tumor tissue at autopsy can provide valuable tumor specimens to advance research for many types of cancer. Autopsy also has many other medical, scientific, and social benefits and should be encouraged in patients who are dying of cancer.
Source: Cancer
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26620
Institutions: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University, Vanderbilt University, University of Chicago, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, Children's Oncology Group, Children's Oncology Group, Seattle Children's Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: National Cancer Institute
OpenAlex ID: W2068653396