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The lecture will briefly review the historical background of the modern classification of lymphomas. The contemporary classification of lymphomas begins with traditional pathological observations, but defines diseases based on an integration of histological features, the nature of the tumor cells as they relate to the normal immune system, genomic findings, and finally clinical presentation and course. The lecture will illustrate how observations made in the course of daily practice lead to the discovery of new diseases, and how these discoveries impact clinical management. Dr. Jaffe completed her medical education at Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania, receiving an M.D. from the latter in 1969. After an internship at Georgetown University, she joined the NCI as a resident in anatomic pathology, and has been a senior investigator since 1974, focusing on the classification and definition of lymphoid neoplasms. She has served on the editorial boards of The American Journal of Pathology, The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, Blood, Cancer Research, and Modern Pathology, among others.

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