[[Therapeutic and prognostic significance of staging in malignant lymphoma]

In a survey of literature the author deals with the value of the various clinical examination methods within the staging for the therapy and prognosis of Hodgkin's disease and the non-Hodgkin-lymphomas. The different forms of therapy depending upon the clinical stage of the disease and the relations between stage of disease, histological type and prognosis are touched on. The author expects a further improvement of the success of treatment from the application from the new cytological and immunological classification of the non-Hodgkin-lymphomas, which in his opinion needs a modification.