History of the European Association for Haematopathology

Download or read book History of the European Association for Haematopathology written by Karl Lennert and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-10-11 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because of progress in immunology, specifically the discovery of the B- and T-lymphocyte systems, it was imperative to rethink the concepts of malignant lymphomas, which resulted in the development of new lymphoma classifications. One of these was the Kiel classification, proposed by the European Lymphoma Club in 1974. During the following years the classification was refined, correlated with clinical findings, discussed at length, and put to the test against other classifications. It was soon widely accepted in Europe and later sparked the founding of the European Association for Haematopathology in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1988. In 2001 the Kiel classification was incorporated into the new WHO classification.