title: Development of the WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system: a historical perspective.
abstract: The classification of brain tumors has undergone numerous changes over the past half century. The World Health Organization has played a key role in the effort. Four versions of its Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System have been published. The present work chronicles their progress, placing emphasis on the historical context of the earliest effort.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. scheithauer.bernd@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Bernd W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Scheithauer
mesh_terms: D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013782:Textbooks as Topic; D014944:World Health Organization / Q000266:history*
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