New WHO classification of lung tumours

WHO histological classification of tumours of the lung

With more than 1.1 million deaths annually worldwide, lung cancer is the most frequent and one of the most deadly cancer types. In men, 85-90% of cases can be attributed to tobacco smoking. Some Western countries in which the smoking habit took off about 100 years ago, tobacco control programmes have led to a significant decline in mortality. Unfortunately, the habit has now spread to many newl...

WHO Classification of Bone Tumours

Primary neoplasms of the skeleton are rare, amounting to only 0.2% of the overall human tumour burden. However, children are frequently affected and the aetiology is largely unknown. Significant progress has been made in the histological and genetic typing of bone tumours. Furthermore, advances in combined surgical and chemotherapy havelead to a significant increase in survival rates even for h...

The new World Health Organization classification of lung tumours.

Tumour classification systems provide the foundation for tumour diagnosis and patient therapy and a critical basis for epidemiological and clinical studies. This updated classification was developed with the aim to adhere to the principles of reproducibility, clinical significance, and simplicity in order to minimize the number of unclassifiable lesions. Major changes in the revised classificat...

WHO histological classification of testis tumours

Germ cell tumours are the most frequent and important neoplasms at this site. They mainly affect young males and their incidence is steadily increasing in affluent societies. In several regions, including North America and Northern Europe, they have become the most common cancer in men aged 15 44. There is circumstantial epidimiological evidence that the steep increase in new cases is associate...

WHO Classification of Soft Tissue Tumours