학술논문
The collection, processing and banking of biospecimens.
Document Type
Article
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Source
Subject
*BIOLOGICAL specimens
*HETEROGENEITY
*INDIVIDUALIZED medicine
*CLINICAL medicine
*BIOMARKERS
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ISSN
1705-2394
Abstract
The vision of personalized medicine begins with the collection, processing and banking of biospecimens. The quality of the specimens depends on a great number of pre-analytical factors. Tumour heterogeneity presents further challenges. Careful control of and information about variables that affect biospecimen data would enable rapid progress toward personalized medicine. - Presented at the Personalized Medicine in the Management of CRC conference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]