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Rein Willemze is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and has an extensive research profile primarily in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on dermatology and cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders. Their body of work encompasses related subfields such as epidemiology, pathology and forensic medicine, oncology, and immunology.

The main research topics covered in their work include:

  • Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research
  • Lymphoma diagnosis and treatment
  • Nail diseases and treatments
  • Fungal infections and studies
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • T-cell and retrovirus studies
  • CNS lymphoma diagnosis and treatment

Willemze has published research in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • European Journal of Cancer
  • British Journal of Dermatology
  • Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
  • Cancers
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology

They have collaborated extensively with a core group of co-authors, including Maarten H. Vermeer, Koen D. Quint, Rosanne Ottevanger, Patty M. Jansen, and Emmanuella Guenova.

Some of the recent notable papers by Rein Willemze include:

  • "Primary cutaneous lymphoma: recommendations for clinical trial design and staging update from the ISCL, USCLC, and EORTC" (2021, Blood)
  • "EORTC consensus recommendations for the treatment of mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome - Update 2023" (2023, European Journal of Cancer)
  • "Treatment of early-stage mycosis fungoides: results from the PROspective Cutaneous Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (PROCLIPI) study" (2020, British Journal of Dermatology)
  • "Quality of life in patients with Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome: a systematic review of the literature" (2021, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology)
  • "Deregulation of JAK2 signaling underlies primary cutaneous CD8+ aggressive epidermotropic cytotoxic T-cell lymphoma" (2021, Haematologica)

Best Publications

  • WHO-EORTC classification for cutaneous lymphomas.

    Rein Willemze;Elaine S. Jaffe;Günter Burg;Lorenzo Cerroni

  • Revisions to the staging and classification of mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome: a proposal of the International Society for Cutaneous Lymphomas (ISCL) and the cutaneous lymphoma task force of the European Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).

    Elise Olsen;Eric Vonderheid;Nicola Pimpinelli;Rein Willemze

  • EORTC Classification for Primary Cutaneous Lymphomas: A Proposal From the Cutaneous Lymphoma Study Group of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer

    R. Willemze;H. Kerl;W. Sterry;E. Berti

  • The 2018 update of the WHO-EORTC classification for primary cutaneous lymphomas

    Rein Willemze;Lorenzo Cerroni;Werner Kempf;Emilio Berti

  • Primary and secondary cutaneous CD30+lymphoproliferative disorders: a report from the Dutch Cutaneous Lymphoma Group on the long-term follow-up data of 219 patients and guidelines for diagnosis and treatment

    Marcel W. Bekkenk;Françoise A. M. J. Geelen;Pieter C. van Voorst Vader;F. Heule

  • Clinical end points and response criteria in mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome: a consensus statement of the International Society for Cutaneous Lymphomas, the United States Cutaneous Lymphoma Consortium, and the Cutaneous Lymphoma Task Force of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer.

    Elise A. Olsen;Sean Whittaker;Youn H. Kim;Madeleine Duvic

  • Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma: definition, classification, and prognostic factors: an EORTC Cutaneous Lymphoma Group Study of 83 cases.

    Rein Willemze;Patty M. Jansen;Lorenzo Cerroni;Emilio Berti

  • Mesenchymal stem cells in human second-trimester bone marrow, liver, lung, and spleen exhibit a similar immunophenotype but a heterogeneous multilineage differentiation potential

    in 't Anker Ps;Noort Wa;Scherjon Sa;Kleijburg-van der Keur C

  • Intravascular lymphoma: clinical presentation, natural history, management and prognostic factors in a series of 38 cases, with special emphasis on the 'cutaneous variant'.

    Andrés J. M. Ferreri;Elías Campo;John F. Seymour;Rein Willemze

  • Update on erythrodermic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: report of the International Society for Cutaneous Lymphomas.

    Eric C. Vonderheid;Maria Grazia Bernengo;Günter Burg;Madeleine Duvic

  • TNM classification system for primary cutaneous lymphomas other than mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome: a proposal of the International Society for Cutaneous Lymphomas (ISCL) and the Cutaneous Lymphoma Task Force of the European Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)

    Youn H. Kim;Rein Willemze;Nicola Pimpinelli;Sean Whittaker

  • European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and International Society for Cutaneous Lymphoma consensus recommendations for the management of cutaneous B-cell lymphomas.

    Nancy J. Senff;Evert M. Noordijk;Youn H. Kim;Martine Bagot

  • Primary cutaneous CD8-positive epidermotropic cytotoxic T cell lymphomas. A distinct clinicopathological entity with an aggressive clinical behavior

    Emilio Berti;Dario Tomasini;Maarten H. Vermeer;Chris J L M Meijer

  • EORTC consensus recommendations for the treatment of mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome.

    Franz Trautinger;Robert Knobler;Rein Willemze;Ketty Peris

  • EORTC, ISCL, and USCLC consensus recommendations for the treatment of primary cutaneous CD30-positive lymphoproliferative disorders: lymphomatoid papulosis and primary cutaneous anaplastic large-cell lymphoma

    Werner Kempf;Katrin Pfaltz;Maarten H. Vermeer;Antonio Cozzio

  • Melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene variants are associated with an increased risk for cutaneous melanoma which is largely independent of skin type and hair color.

    Cornelis Kennedy;Jeanet ter Huurne;Marjo Berkhout;Nelleke Gruis

  • Progress in allogenic bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma: a comparison between transplants performed 1983--93 and 1994--8 at European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation centres.

    G. Gahrton;H. Svensson;M. Cavo;J. Apperley

  • European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer consensus recommendations for the treatment of mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome - Update 2017

    Franz Trautinger;Johanna Eder;Chalid Assaf;Martine Bagot

  • Spectrum of primary cutaneous CD30 (Ki-1)-positive lymphoproliferative disorders: A proposal for classification and guidelines for management and treatment

    Rein Willemze;Rob C. Beljaards

  • WHO/EORTC classification of cutaneous lymphomas 2005: histological and molecular aspects.

    Günter Burg;Werner Kempf;Antonio Cozzio;Josef Feit

Frequent Co-Authors

Cornelis P. Tensen
Cornelis P. Tensen Leiden University Medical Center
Chris J.L.M. Meijer
Chris J.L.M. Meijer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sean Whittaker
Sean Whittaker King's College London
Martine Bagot
Martine Bagot Université Paris Cité
Youn H. Kim
Youn H. Kim Stanford University
Lorenzo Cerroni
Lorenzo Cerroni Medical University of Graz
Nelleke A. Gruis
Nelleke A. Gruis Leiden University Medical Center
Reinhard Dummer
Reinhard Dummer University of Zurich
Annamari Ranki
Annamari Ranki University of Helsinki
Karoly Szuhai
Karoly Szuhai Leiden University Medical Center

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