WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissue is the third volume in the new WHO series on histological and genetic typing of human tumors. This authoritative, concise reference book covers the entire range of leukaemias and lymphomas. It provides an international standard for oncologists and pathologists and will serve as an indispensable guide for use in the design of studies monitoring response to therapy and clinical outcome. Diagnostic criteria, pathological features, and associated genetic alterations are described in a strictly disease-oriented manner. Sections on all recognized neoplasms and their variants include new ICD-O codes, incidence, age and sex distribution, location, clinical signs and symptoms, pathology, genetics, and predictive factors.

The book, prepared by 130 authors from 22 countries, contains more than 1,000 color photographs, numerous magnetic resonance and ultrasound images, CT scans, charts, and 2,500 references.

This book is in the series commonly referred to as the ''Blue Book'' series.

Contributors:Dr Cem Akin, Dr Loannis Anagnostopoulos, Dr Katsuyuki Aozasa, Dr Daniel A. Arber, Dr Michele Baccarani, Dr Barbara J. Bain, Dr Giovanni Barosi, Dr Lrith Baumann, Dr Marie-Christine Bene, Dr Daniel Benharroch, Dr John M. Bennett, Dr Francoise Berger, Dr Emillo Berti, Dr Gunnar Birgegard, Dr Clara D. Bloomfield, Dr Bettina Borisch, Dr Michael J. Borowitz, Dr Richard D. Brunning, Dr Walter Burgdorf, Dr Elias Campo, Dr Daniel Catovsky, Dr Lorenzo Cerroni, Dr Ethel Cesarman, Dr Amv Chadburn, Dr John K.C. Chan, Dr Wing Chung Chan, Dr Andreas Chott, Dr Robert W. Coupland, Dr Daphne De Jong, Dr Christiane De Wolf-Peeters, Dr Martina Deckert, Dr Jan Delabie, Dr Georges Delsol, Dr Ahmet Dogan, Dr Lyn M. Duncan, Dr Kojo S.J. Elenitoba-Johnson, Dr Luis Escribano, Dr Fabio Facchetti, Dr Brunangelo Falini, Dr Judith A. Ferry, Dr Christopher D.M. Fletcher, Dr Katheryn Foucar, Dr Randy D. Gascoyne, Dr Kevin C. Gatter, Dr Norbert Gattermann, Dr Phillippe Gaulard, Dr Ulrich Germing, Dr D. Gary Gilliland, Dr Heinz Gisslinger, Dr Peter L. Greenberg, Dr Thomas M. Grogan, Dr. Karen L. Grogg, Dr Margarita Guenova, Dr Nancy Lee Harris, Dr Robert Paul Hasserjian, Dr Eva Hellstrom-Lindberg, Dr Hans-Peter Horny, Dr Peter G. Isaacson, Dr Elaine S. Jaffe, Dr Ronald Jaffe, Dr Daniel M. Jones, Dr Marshall E. Kadin, Dr Masahiro Kikuchi, Dr Hiroshi Kimura, Dr Marsha C. Kinney, Dr Phillip M. Kluin, Dr Young-Hyeh Ko, Dr Alla M. Kovrigina, Dr Laszlo Krenacs, Dr W. Michael Kuehl, Dr Jeffery L. Kutok, Dr Hans Michael Kvasnicka, Dr Robert A. Kyle, Dr Richard A. Larson, Dr Michelle M. Le Beau, Dr Lorenzo Leoncini, Dr Alan F. List, Dr Kenneth A. Maclennan, Dr William R. Macon, Dr David Y. Mason, Dr Estella Matutes, Dr Robert W. Mckenna, Dr Chris J.L.M. Meijer, Dr Junia V. Melo, Dr Dean D. Metcalfe, Dr Manuela Mollejo, Dr Peter Moller, Dr Emilli Montserrat, Dr William G. Morice, Dr Hans Konrad Muller-Hermelink, Drshigeo Nakamura, Dr Bharat N. Nathwani, Dr Charlotte M. Niemeyer, Dr Hiroko Ohgaki, Dr Kiochi Ohshima, Dr Mihaela Onciu, Dr Atillio Orazi, Dr German Ott, Dr Marco Paulli, Dr Suat-Cheng Peh, Dr Loann Peterson, Dr Tony Petrella, Dr Stefano A. Pileri, Dr Miguel A. Piris, Dr Stefania Pittaluga, Dr Maurillio Ponzoni, Dr Sibrand Poppema, Dr Anna Porwit, Dr Leticia Quintanilla-Martinez, Dr Elisabeth Ralfiaker, Dr Martine Raphael, Dr Jonathan Said, Dr Christian A. Sander, Dr Masao Seto, Dr Kevin Shannon, Dr Bruce R. Smoller, Dr Ivy Sng, Dr Dominic Spagnolo, Dr Harald Stein, Dr Christer Sundstrom, Dr Steven H. Swerdlow, Dr Ayalew Tefferi, Dr Catherine Thieblemont, Dr Jurgen Thiele, Dr Peter Valent, Dr J.H. Van Krieken, Dr James W. Vardiman, Dr Beatrice Vergier, Dr Neus Villamor, Dr Reinhard Von Wasielewski, Dr Roger A. Warnke, Dr Steven A. Webber, Dr Dennis D. Weisenburger, Dr Lawrence M. Weiss, Dr Sean J. Whittaker, Dr Rein Willemze, Dr Wyndham H. Wilson, Dr Tadashi Yoshino