Development of the WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system: A historical perspective

Brain Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 551-564

  Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Classification; Historical development; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 69949190120     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2008.00192.x     Document Type: Review

References (19)

1. American Cancer Society (1968) Mannual Tumor Nomenclature and Coding. American Cancer Society : New York.
2. Anonymous (1952) Expert Committee on Health Statistics. World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser 53 : 1 54.
3. International Union Against Cancer (UICC). Committee on Tumor Nomenclature (1965) Illustrated Tumor Nomenclature, p. 229. Springer : Berlin.
4. Kepes JJ (1991) Review of the World Health Organization's newly proposed classification of brain tumors. Proc of the XIth International Congress of Neuropathology, Kyoto. Neuropathology 4 : 87 102.
5. Kernohan JW, Sayre GP (1952) Tumors of the Central Nervous System. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology : Washington, DC.
6. Kleihues P, Burger PC, Scheithauer BW (1993) Histological Typing of Tumours of the Central Nevous System, 2nd edn. Springer-Verlag : Berlin.
7. Kleihues P, Burger PC, Scheithauer BW (1993) The new WHO classification of brain tumours. Brain Pathol 3 : 255 268.
8. Kleihues P, Cavenee WK (1997) Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of the Nervous System. Kleihues P, Cavenee WK (eds), p. 255. IARC Press : Lyon.
9. Kleihues P, Cavenee WK (2000) Pathology and Genetics. Tumours of the Nervous System. IARC Press : Lyon.
10. Kleihues P, Cavenee WK (2000) World Health Organization Classification of Tumours - Pathology and Genetics. Tumours of the Nervous System. IARC Press : Lyon.
11. Kleihues P, Louis DN, Scheithauer BW, Rorke LB, Reifenberger G, Burger PC, Cavenee WK (2002) The WHO classification of tumors of the nervous system. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 61 (3 215 225, discussion 26-29.
12. Louis DN, Scheithauer BW, Budka H, von Deimling A, Kepes JJ (2000) Meningiomas. In : World Health Organization Classification of Tumours Pathology and Genetics Tumours of the Nervous System. P Kleihues, WK Cavenee (eds), pp. 176 184. IARC Press : Lyon.
13. Louis DN, Ohgaki H, Wiestler OD, Cavenee WK (2007) WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System, 4th edn. International Agency for Research on Cancer : Lyon.
14. Percy C, Fritz A, Jack A, Shanmugarathan S, Sobin L, Parkin DM, Whelan S (2000) International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O), 3rd edn. World Health Organization : Geneva.
15. Zulch KJ (1965) Brain Tumors: Their Biology and Pathology, 2nd edn. Springer Publishing Co. Inc New York.
16. Zulch KJ (1971) Atlas of the Histology of Brain Tumors. Springer : Berlin.
17. Zulch KJ (1975) Atlas of Gross Neurosurgical Pathology. Springer : Berlin.
18. Zulch KJ (1979) Histological Typing of Tumours of the Central Nervous System. World Health Organization : Geneva.
19. Zulch KJ (1980) Principles of the new World Health Organization (WHO) classification of brain tumors. Neuroradiology 19 (2 59 66.