Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona – Hospital Clinic de Barcelona (FRCB-HCB), Barcelona, Spain

The HCB is a university hospital founded in the year 1906 and it belongs to the network of Hospitals of Public Utility of Catalonia (RHUP). It covers practically all medical and surgical specialties and develops activities in the fields of Assistance, Research and Teaching, either directly or through linked companies. HCB is a reference and pioneering hospital in Catalonia and Spain. The hospital acts as a community hospital, being the main public supplier for its zone of reference in the city of Barcelona, with a population of 540,000 inhabitants and, at the same time, as a tertiary hospital of high complexity, developing lines of activity for patients not only from Catalonia, but also from all over Spain, and even at the international level.  In order to ensure continuity of care and the integral provision of health services, Hospital Clínic participates in the management of primary care centers, develops mental health activities and establishes alliances with other centers to cover the public health needs of their patients. HCB is a reference and pioneering hospital in Catalonia and SPAIN. HCB is a partner in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona.

The PI of this node is Dolors Colomer, Head of the Hematopathology Unit at HCB, will be in charge of providing samples from NHL patients. The departments of Hematology and Pathology will provide the associated clinical-pathological data. Moreover, Dr. Colomer is also the head of “Experimental therapeutics in lymphoid neoplasia” at FRCB-IDIBAPS.