Toshinori Hori^*, Kazutaka Yamaji^*, Shohei Yokota^*, Tomoko Okamoto^*, Arata Watanabe^*, Atsushi Kikuta^*, Keiko Asami^*, Yasuo Horikoshi^*, Nobuyuki Hyakuna^*, Takashi Taga^*, Keiko Nomura^*, Asayuki Iwai^*, Tsutomu Watanabe^*, Takuya Yanase^*, Yutaka Saikawa^*, Akira Kamitamari^*, Takeji Matsushita^*, Yasuto Shimomura^* and Masahito Tsurusawa

Japanese Children's Cancer and Leukemia Study Group, Aichi, Japan

Nicola Goekbuget, MD¹, Anja Baumann, MD^2*, Joachim Beck, MD^3*, Joachim Boos, MD, PhD^4*, Monika Brueggemann, MD, PhD^5*, Helmut Diedrich, MD^6*, Andreas Hüttmann, MD^7*, Lothar Leimer, MD^8*, Thomas Lipp, MD^9*, Ralph Naumann, MD, PhD^10*, Martin Mohren, MD^11*, Albrecht Reichle, MD, PhD^12*, Kerstin Schäfer-Eckart, MD^13*, Marc Schmalzing, MD^14*, Mathias Schmid, MD, PhD^15*, Norbert Schmitz, MD, PhD¹⁶, Theis Therwey, MD^17* and Dieter Hoelzer, MD, PhD^18*

¹Medical Department II, J.W.Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
²University Hospital München-Großhadern, München, Germany
³University Hospital, Mainz, Germany
⁴University Hospital, Münster, Germany
⁵University Hospital, Kiel, Germany
⁶Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany
⁷University Hospital, Essen, Germany
⁸Robert Bosch Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
⁹Klinikum München-Schwabing, München, Germany
¹⁰University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
¹¹University Hospital, Magdeburg, Germany
¹²University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
¹³Klinikum Nürnberg-Nord, Nürnberg, Germany
¹⁴University Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany
¹⁵University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
¹⁶Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, ASKLEPIOS Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany
¹⁷Charite University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
¹⁸J.W. Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/M, Germany

Nicolas Sirvent^1*, Stefan Suciu², Yves Benoit^3*, Yves Bertrand^4*, Brigitte Nelken^5*, Alain Robert^6*, Anne Uyttebroeck^7*, Patrick Lutz, MD^8*, Alina Ferster, MD, PhD⁹, Karima Yacouben^10*, Lucilia Norton^11*, Geneviève Margueritte^12*, Martine Munzer^13*, Dominique Plantaz^14*, Frédéric Millot^15*, Patrick Boutard^16*, Pierre Philippet^17*, Claire Hoyoux^18*, Liliana Baila^19* and Jacques Otten^20*

¹CHU Nice, Nice, France
²EORTC Leukemia Group, Brussels, Belgium
³Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
⁴CHU Lyon, Lyon, France
⁵Pediatrics Hematology, CHU Lille, Lille
⁶CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
⁷University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium
⁸Service Oncologie hématologie pédiatrique, Strasbourg, France
⁹Hémato-oncologie pédiatrique, Children's University Hospital Reine Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium
¹⁰Hôpital Robert Debre, Paris, France
¹¹Hospital escolar San Joao, Porto, Portugal
¹²CHU Montpellier, Montpellier
¹³CHU Reims, Reims, France
¹⁴CHU Grenoble, Grenoble, France
¹⁵CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France
¹⁶CHU Caen, Caen, France
¹⁷Clinique de l'espérance, Montegnée, Belgium
¹⁸Centre Hospitalier Liège, Brussels, Belgium
¹⁹EORTC Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium
²⁰University Hospital Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Nicola Goekbuget, MD¹, Thibaut Leguay, MD^2*, Mathilde Hunault, MD^3*, Chadi Al-Nawakil, MD^4*, Patrice Chevallier, MD^5*, Herve Dombret, MD⁶, Gisela Fritsch, MD^7*, Albert Oriol, MD^8*, Josep Maria Ribera, MD^9*, Philippe Rousselot, MD^10*, Juan Manuel Sancho, MD^11* and Dieter Hoelzer, MD, PhD^12*

¹Medical Department II, J.W.Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
²Hematology, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
³CHU d'Angers, Angers, France
⁴Hopital Cochin, Paris, France
⁵Hematology, CHU Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France
⁶Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France
⁷Städt.Kliniken, Braunschweig, Germany
⁸Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
⁹Hospital Germans Trials i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
¹⁰Centre André Mignot, Versaille, France
¹¹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
¹²J.W. Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/M, Germany

Robert Foà¹, Antonella Vitale^1*, Anna Guarini^1*, Maria Sefania De Propris^1*, Loredana Elia^1*, Giuseppe Cimino^1*, Mario Luppi^2*, Carlo Castagnola^3*, Simona Sica^4*, Rosa Nieddu^5*, Maria-Novella Piersantelli^6*, Felicetto Ferrara⁷, Francesco Nobile^8*, Renato Fanin^9*, Francesco Fabbiano¹⁰, Marco Vignetti^1*, Paola Fazi^1*, Simona Soverini^11*, Franco Mandelli^12*, Giovanni Martinelli¹¹, Giovanna Meloni^1* and Michele Baccarani¹¹

¹Division of Hematology, Department of Cellular Biotechonologies and Hematology, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
²Department of Oncology and Hematology, University of Modena, Italy
³Department of Hematology, University of Pavia, Italy
⁴Department of Hematology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
⁵Institute of Hematology, University of Sassari, Italy
⁶Department of Hematology, University of Ancona, Italy
⁷Department of Hematology, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy
⁸Division of Hematology, Ospedali Riuniti, Reggio Calabria, Italy
⁹Clinica Ematologica AOUD, Udine, Italy
¹⁰Hematology I, Ospedale V. Cervello, Palermo, Italy
¹¹Department of Hematology/Oncology “L. and A. Seràgnoli”, University of Bologna, Italy
¹²GIMEMA, Rome, Italy

Yves Bertrand^1*, Xavier Thomas², Andre Baruchel³, Françoise Mazingue^4*, Anne Auvrignon^5*, Selim Corm^4*, Herve Dombret³, Patrice Chevallier^6*, Claire Galambrun^7*, Françoise Huguet^8*, Faezeh Legrand^9*, Françoise Mechinaud^6*, Norbert Vey¹⁰, Sylvie Chabaud^11*, Florence Noel Baron^12*, Irène Philip^11*, David Liens^13* and Yann Godfrin^13*

¹Institut d'Hemato-Oncologie pédiatrique et Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
²Hopital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
³Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France
⁴CHRU Lille, Lille, France
⁵Hopital Trousseau, Paris, France
⁶CHU Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France
⁷Hopital La Timone, Marseille, France
⁸CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
⁹CHU Jean Minjoz, Besancon, France
¹⁰Institut Paoli Calmettes, Marseille, France
¹¹centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
¹²CIC 201 INSERM CHU Lyon, Lyon, France
¹³ERYtech Pharma, Lyon, France