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## Overview

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* The term hairy cell leukemia was first used to describe the malignancy by Dr. R. Schrek and Dr. W. J. Donnelly, in 1966.[1]

## Historical Perspective

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* Leukemic reticuloendotheliosis was first described by Dr. O. Ewald, a German physician, in 1923.
* The first description of hairy cell leukemia as an independent clinicopathological entity was first reported by Dr. Bertha A. Bouroncle, in 1958.
* The term hairy cell leukemia was first used to describe the malignancy by Dr. R. Schrek and Dr. W. J. Donnelly, in 1966.[1]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fanta PT, Saven A (2008). "Hairy cell leukemia". Cancer Treat Res. 142: 193–209. PMID 18283787.