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will be 75 years old on 23 August 1996. He has been active in the entire field of pathology ranging from cancer epidemiology to experimental pathology, not least through his long period of office as the Editor of the International Journal of Cancer.
Erkki Saxdn, son of the Chairman of Pathology at the University of Helsinki, had a focus on pathology from the onset of his career. Following his service at the front in the Finnish army World War II, he worked his way up from instructor to professor of pathology within a mere l0 years. Some of his important contributions to the literature during this time include a monograph on Schwann cell tumors, a histological description of lymph node toxoplasmosis, explained as the background to a lesion then known as Piringer's lymphadenitis, and a series of analyses of thyroid tumors with reference to the endemic nature of goiter in Finland; many of these studies he completed in collaboration with his brother Lauri Saxdn, also a professor of pathology at the University of Helsinki. Both lymph node and thyroid pathology have since been the subjects of further studies conducted by Erkki Sax6n's many disciples. His numerous papers relating to cancer epidemiology emphasize the importance of accurate diagnosis if epidemiological studies are to be reliable.
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