Norbert Gattermann¹, Mathias Schmid^2*, Matteo Della Porta^3*, Kerry Taylor^4*, John F Seymour^5*, Dany Habr^6*, Gabor Domokos^7*, Abdel Hmissi^7*, Agnès Guerci-Bresler^8* and Christian Rose^9*

¹Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany
²Hematology, University Hospital, Ulm, Germany
³Division of Hematology, University of Pavia Medical School, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy
⁴Mater Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
⁵Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
⁶Novartis, East Hanover, NJ
⁷Novartis, Basel, Switzerland
⁸CHU Brabois (Groupe Francophone des Myélodysplasies), Vandoeuvre Cédex, France
⁹Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul (Groupe Francophone des Myélodysplasies), Lille, France

Alan F List¹, Maria R Baer^2*, David Steensma^3*, Azra Raza^4*, Jason Esposito^5*, Jodi Virkus^5*, Carole Paley⁵, John Feigert^6* and Emmanuel C Besa^7*

¹H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
²University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
⁴St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, NY
⁵Novartis, East Hanover, NJ
⁶Arlington Fairfax Hematology/Oncology, Arlington, VA
⁷Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Hagop M Kantarjian¹, Susan O'Brien^2*, Farhad Ravandi^2*, Jorge Cortes^2*, Jianqin Shan^2*, John M. Bennett, MD³, Alan F. List, MD⁴, Pierre Fenaux, MD, PhD^5* and Guillermo Garcia-Manero^2*

¹The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
²M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
³University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
⁴H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
⁵Hospital Avicenne, Bobigny, France

Stuart L Goldberg, MD¹, Nikita Mody-Patel, PharmD^2* and E. R Chen, MPP^3*

¹John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ
²Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ
³Quorum Consulting, San Francisco, CA

Shahram Y Kordasti^1*, Behdad Afzali^2*, Ziyi Lim^1*, Wendy Ingram^1*, Janet Hayden^1*, Linda Barber^1*, Giovanna Lombardi^2*, Farzin Farzaneh, Professor^1* and Ghulam J Mufti, MBBS, DM, FRCP, FRCPath³

¹Haematological Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
²Nephrology and Transplantation, Immunoregulation laboratory, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
³Department of Haematological Medicine, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom

Bartlomiej P Przychodzen^*, Anna Malgorzata Jankowska^*, Sandra P Smieszek^*, Sanjay Ram Mohan, MD^*, Ramon V. Tiu, MD, BS, Monika Jasek^*, Lukasz P Gondek, MD, PhD^* and Jaroslaw P Maciejewski

Experimental Hematology and Hematopoiesis Section, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Ramon V. Tiu, MD, BS¹, Lukasz P Gondek, MD, PhD^2*, Jungwon Huh, MD^2*, Christine O'Keefe, PhD^2*, Mikkael A. Sekeres, MD, MS³, Ghulam J Mufti, MBBS, DM, FRCP, FRCPath⁴, Michael A McDevitt, MD, PhD⁵ and Jaroslaw Maciejewski, MD, PhD¹

¹Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders/Experimental Hematology and Hematopoiesis Section, Cleveland Clinic (Taussig Cancer Institute), Cleveland, OH
²Experimental Hematology and Hematopoiesis, Cleveland Clinic (Taussig Cancer Institute), Cleveland, OH
³Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders R35, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
⁴Department of Haematological Medicine, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
⁵Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Guillermo Sanz, MD, PhD¹, Benet Nomdedeu, MD^2*, Esperanza Such^1*, Teresa Bernal, MD^3*, Mohamed Belkaid^2*, Mª Teresa Ardanaz, MD^4*, Victor Marco, MD^5*, Carme Pedro, MD^6*, Fernando Ramos, MD, PhD, MPH^7*, Maria Consuelo del Cañizo, MD, PhD^8*, Elisa Luño, MD^3*, Francesc Cobo, MD^3*, Felix Carbonell, MD^9*, Valle Gomez, MD^10*, Juan A Muñoz, MD^11*, Mari Luz Amigo, MD^12*, Alicia Bailen, MD^13*, Santiago Bonanad, MD^14*, Mar Tormo, MD¹⁵, Rafael Andreu^16*, Beatriz Arrizabalaga, MD^17*, Maria J. Arilla, MD^18*, Javier Bueno, MD^19*, Maria J. Requena, MD^20*, Joan Bargay, MD^21*, Joaquin Sanchez, MD^22*, Leonor Senent, MD^1*, Leonor Arenillas, MD^23*, Raquel de Paz, MD, PhD^24*, Blanca Xicoy, MD^25*, Rafael Duarte, MD, PhD^26* and Jose Cervera, MD^1*

¹Dept. of Hematology, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain
²Hematology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
³Department of Hematology, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
⁴Hematology, Hospital Txagorritxu, Vitoria, Spain
⁵Hematology, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain
⁶Clinical Hematology, IMIM, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
⁷Hematology, Hospital de León, León, Spain
⁸Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
⁹Hematology, Hospital General Valencia, Valencia, Spain
¹⁰Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
¹¹Hospital Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain
¹²Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain
¹³Hospital Carlos Haya, Malaga, Spain
¹⁴Hospital de Alzira, Alzira, Spain
¹⁵Service Hematology - Oncology, Hospital Clinico University, Valencia, Spain
¹⁶MD, Hospital Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain
¹⁷Hematology, Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo, Spain
¹⁸Hospital de Sagunto, Sagunto, Spain
¹⁹Hematology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
²⁰Hematology, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Leganes, Spain
²¹Hematology, Hospital Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
²²Hematology, Hospital Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain
²³Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
²⁴Hematology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
²⁵Hematology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
²⁶Hematology, Hospital Duran i Reynals (ICO), Bellvitge, Spain