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Personalized histopathology reporting for personalized medicine: a plea for improved communication

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Professor Daniel Berney’s work is supported by the cancer charity, Orchid.

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  1. Department of Cellular Pathology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XW, UK

    Murali Varma

  2. Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

    Brett Delahunt

  3. Department of Pathology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK

    W. Glenn McCluggage

  4. Department of Cellular Pathology, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, UK

    Varsha I. Shah

  5. Department of Molecular Oncology, Queen Mary University Hospital, London, UK

    Daniel M. Berney

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Varma, M., Delahunt, B., McCluggage, W.G. et al. Personalized histopathology reporting for personalized medicine: a plea for improved communication. Virchows Arch 477, 323–325 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-020-02836-2

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