Thomas Prebet, MD^1*, Nicolas Boissel, MD, PhD^2*, Christian Recher, MD, PhD^3*, Xavier Thomas, MD, PhD⁴, Jacques Delaunay, MD^5*, Jean-Yves Cahn, MD, PhD⁶, Arnaud Pigneux, MD, PhD^7*, Bruno Quesnel, MD, PhD^8*, Francis Witz, MD^9*, Sylvain Thépot^10*, Valérie Ugo, MD^11*, Christine Terre^12*, Emmanuelle Tavernier, MD, PhD^13*, Sylvie Castaigne, MD¹⁴, Francois Guilhot, MD¹⁵, Hervé Dombret¹⁶ and Norbert Vey, MD¹⁷

¹Hematology departmnent, Institut Paoli Calmettes, Marseille, France
²Hematology Department, Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France
³CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
⁴Hematology Department, Hopital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
⁵Hematology Department, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
⁶Hematology Department, CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
⁷CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
⁸Hematology Department, CHU Lille, Lille, France
⁹CHU Nancy, Nancy, France
¹⁰Groupe Francophone des Myelodysplasies (GFM), Bobigny, France
¹¹Hematology Department, Centre Hospitalier de Brest, Brest, France
¹²CH de Versailles
¹³Hematology department, CHU de Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
¹⁴Dept. Hematologie, Hopital Mignot, Le Chesnay, France
¹⁵Hopital Jean Bernard, Poitiers, France
¹⁶Hopital Saint Louis AP-HP, Paris, France
¹⁷Dept. of Hematology, Institut Paoli Clamettes, Marseille, France

Rosemary Gale, PhD¹, Robert Hills, MA, MSc, DPhil², Claire Green^1*, Yashma Patel^1*, Amanda Gilkes^2*, Michelle Lazenby^2*, Keith Wheatley, DPhil³, David C. Linch, FRCP⁴ and Alan Burnett^2*

¹Haematology, 3rd floor, Cancer Institute, Paul O'Gorman Building, London, United Kingdom
²Haematology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
³Division of Medical Sciences, Robert Aitken Institute, Birmingham, ARRAY(0xc0fada0)
⁴Department of Hematology, University College London, London, ARRAY(0xc117b58)

Thomas Buchner¹, Wolfgang E. Berdel², Claudia Haferlach^3*, Susanne Schnittger^3*, Torsten Haferlach, MD³, Hubert Serve^4*, Carsten Müller-Tidow^1*, Jan Braess^5*, Karsten Spiekermann^5*, Joachim Kienast^1*, Rolf Mesters¹, Sarah Volpert^6*, Peter Staib^7*, Andreas Grüneisen^8*, Wolfgang Kern^3*, Albrecht Reichle^9*, Wolf-Dieter Ludwig¹⁰, Georg Maschmeyer^11*, Ludwig Balleisen^12*, Hartmut Eimermacher^13*, Carlo Aul^14*, Aristoteles Giagounidis^14*, Herbert Rasche^15*, Ruediger Hehlmann¹⁶, Eva Lengfelder^16*, Wolfgang Koepcke^17*, Utz O. Krug^1*, Maria Cristina Sauerland^17*, Achim Heinecke^17*, Bernhard Josef Woermann¹⁸ and Wolfgang Hiddemann, MD¹⁹

¹Dept. of Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
²Department of Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
³MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory GmbH, Munich, Germany
⁴Dept. of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
⁵III. Dept. of Internal Medicine, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
⁶Dept. of Human Genetics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
⁷Dept. of Hematology/ Oncology, St. Antonius Hospital, Eschweiler, Germany
⁸Dept. of Hematology/Oncology, Vivantes Clinic Neukölln, Berlin
⁹Dept. of Hematology/Oncology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
¹⁰Dept. of Hematology/ Oncology, Robert-Roessle-Clinic, Charite, Berlin, Germany
¹¹Dept. of Hematology/Oncology, Ernst-von-Bergmann Clinic, Potsdam, Germany
¹²Dept. of Hematology/Oncology, Evangel. Hospital Hamm, Hamm, Germany
¹³Dept. of Hematology/ Oncology, KKH St. Marien Hospital, Hagen, Germany
¹⁴Medical Clinic II, St. Johannes Hospital, Duisburg, Germany
¹⁵Dept. of Hematology/Oncology, Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Bremen, Germany
¹⁶Dept. of Hematology/Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
¹⁷Dept. of Medical Informatics and Biomathematics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
¹⁸Stadtische Kliniken Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
¹⁹Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Munich-Hopsital Großhadern, Munich, Germany

Arnaud Pigneux, MD, PhD^1*, Chantal Himberlin, MD^2*, Mathilde Hunault-Berger, MD, PhD^3*, Francis Witz, MD^4*, Christian Recher, MD, PhD^5*, Jean-Luc Harousseau, MD^6*, Olivier Tournilhac, MD, PhD^7*, Christian Berthou, MD, PhD^8*, Martine Escoffre-Barbe, MD^9*, Denis Guyotat, MD, PhD^10*, Nathalie Fegueux, MD^11*, Martine Delain, MD^12*, Bruno Lioure, MD^13*, Eric Jourdan, MD, PhD^14*, Didier Bouscary, MD, PhD^15*, Laurence Legros, MD, PhD^16*, Noel Milpied, MD^17*, Frederic Bauduer, MD^18*, Frederic Perry^17*, Isabelle Luquet, MD, PhD^19*, Marie-Christine Bene, MD, PhD^20*, Norbert Ifrah, MD³, Jean-Jacques Sotto, MD, PhD^21* and Philippe Guardiola, MD³

¹CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
²Unité d'hématologie clinique, Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims, France
³Service des Maladies du Sang, CHU Angers, Angers, France
⁴Hématologie - Médecine interne, Hôpitaux de Brabois, Nancy, France
⁵Service d'Hématologie, CHU Toulouse, Inserm U563, Toulouse, France
⁶Département d'Hématologie, Hôpital Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France
⁷Hematology, CHU Clermont Ferrand, Clermont Ferrand, France
⁸Institut d'Hématologie et de Cancérologie, Hôpital Augustin Morvan, Brest, France
⁹Hématologie clinique, Hôpital Pontchaillou, Rennes, France
¹⁰Hématologie, Institut de Cancérologie de la Loire, Saint Etienne, France
¹¹Service Oncologie et Hématologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France
¹²Hématologie, Hôpital Bretonneau, Tours, France
¹³Département d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie, CHU Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France
¹⁴Médecine B – Unité Onco-Hématologie, Hôpital Caremeau, Nimes, France
¹⁵Hematologie, Institut Cochin, Paris, France
¹⁶Fédération de Médecine Interne-Hématologie, Hôpital Archet 1, Nice, France
¹⁷Hématologie, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
¹⁸Hematologie, Centre Hospitalier Côte Basque, Bayonne, France
¹⁹Laboratoire central d'Hématologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims, France
²⁰Immunologie, Faculté de Médecine, Nancy, France
²¹Hématologie clinique, Hôpital Michallon, Grenoble, France

Raphael Itzykson^1*, Claude Gardin^2*, Cécile Pautas^3*, Xavier Thomas⁴, Pascal Turlure^5*, Emmanuel Raffoux^1*, Christine Terré^6*, Sylvie Castaigne^6*, Hervé Dombret¹ and Nicolas Boissel^1*

¹Hôpital Saint-Louis, AP-HP, Paris, France
²Hôpital Avicenne, AP-HP, Bobigny, France
³Hôpital Henri Mondor, AP-HP, Créteil, France
⁴Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
⁵CHU, Limoges, France
⁶Hôpital Mignot, Versailles, France

Harry Paul Erba, MD, PhD¹, Hagop Kantarjian^2*, David F. Claxton, MD^3*, M. Arellano^4*, Roger M Lyons, MD⁵, Tibor J. Kovacsovics, MD⁶, Janice Gabrilove, MD⁷, Stephen Eckert, Ph.D^8*, Rekha Abichandani, MD^9* and Stefan Faderl, MD²

¹Univ. of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
²M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
³Hematology-Oncology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
⁴Emory University, Atlanta, GA
⁵Cancer Care Centers South Texas/US Oncology, San Antonio, TX
⁶Ctr. for Hematological Malignancies, OHSU, Portland, OR
⁷Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
⁸BioMedical Data Sciences & Informatics, Genzyme Corporation, San Antonio, TX
⁹Clinical Research, Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA

Marie-Luise Hütter^1*, Konstanze Döhner^1*, Ingo G.H. Schmidt-Wolf^2*, Francisco del Valle^3*, Björn Heydrich^4*, Wolfgang Heit^5*, Walter Fiedler⁶, Michael Pfreundschuh, MD, PhD⁷, Gudrun Russ^8*, Martin Bentz^9*, Aruna Raghavachar^10*, Detlef Haase, Md, PhD^11*, Wolfram Brugger, MD¹², Katharina Götze^13*, Silja Groner^1*, Hartmut Döhner^1* and Richard Schlenk¹

¹Internal Medicine III, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
²CIO, Med. Klinik und Poliklinik III, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
³Klinik für Onkologie und Hämatologie, Klinikum Oldenburg gGmbH, Oldenburg, Germany
⁴II. Medizinische Klinik u. Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum Kiel, Kiel, Germany
⁵Hämatologie/Onkologie, Kliniken Essen Süd,, Essen, Germany
⁶Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
⁷Klinik f. Innere Medizin I, Homburg, Saar, Germany
⁸Salzburger Landeskliniken, Salzburg, Austria
⁹Medizinische Klinik II - Hämatologie/Onkologie/Infektionskrankheiten, Städt. Klinikum Karlsruhe gGmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany
¹⁰Medizinische Klinik I, Schwerpunkt Hämatologie/Onkologie, HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
¹¹Hematology and Oncology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
¹²Hematology/Oncology, Schwarzwald-Baar Clinic, Villingen, Germany
¹³III Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, München, Germany

Amanda F Cashen, MD¹, Gary J. Schiller, MD, FACP², Margaret R. O'Donnell, MD^3*, Julie S. Larsen, PharmD^4*, Akhil Baranwal, MD^4*, Michael T Cullen, MD^4* and John F DiPersio, MD, PhD¹

¹Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
²UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
³City of Hope Nat'l. Medical Ctr., Duarte, CA
⁴Clinical Research, Eisai, Inc., Woodcliff Lakes, NJ