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A patient–researcher partnership for rare cancer research

A genetic study of angiosarcoma designed through an online patient-partnership model overcomes key barriers in rare-disease research and provides indicators of clinical approaches.

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Staniszewka, S. A patient–researcher partnership for rare cancer research. Nat Med 26, 164–165 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0766-y

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