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===== Resources =====

==== Research Electronic Data Capture ====

Electronic capture of research data is support by the [[https://projectredcap.org/|REDCap]] platform that is a secure, reliable, versatile and HIPAA compliant database for storing research data. Users can design their own research data capture forms and can export analysis-ready datasets in a variety of formats.

==== National Mesothelioma Virtual Bank specimens ====

Biospecimen and associated data sets are available for research studies from the [[http://mesotissue.org/apply|National Mesothelioma Virtual Bank (NMVB)]]. The National Mesothelioma Virtual Bank collection is particularly well-suited for evaluation of diagnostic and prognostic markers since it includes mesothelioma tissue with associated clinical and outcome data.