Henk Lokhorst¹, Bronno van der Holt^2*, Sonja Zweegman, MD, PhD³, Peter A. Von Dem Borne, MD, PhD⁴, Gerard M.J. Bos, MD, PhD⁵, Sandra Croockewit, MD, PhD^6*, Jan J. Cornelissen, MD, PhD⁷, Marinus van Oers^8*, Martyn Ronald Schaafsma⁹, Harm Sinnige, MD, PhD^10*, Michel Delforge, MD, PhF^11*, Okke de Weerdt^12*, Pierre W Wijermans¹³, Shulamiet Wittebol, MD, PhD^14*, Edo Vellenga, MD, PhD^15*, Asiong Jie^12*, Henriette Berenschot, MD, PhD^16*, Marinus Marwijk-kooy, MD, PhD^17* and Pieter Sonneveld, MD, PhD¹⁸

¹Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
²Erasmus MC - Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
³Dept. of Hematology, 2pk BR018, VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
⁴Stafcentrum Hematologie, C2-R, Leids University Medical Center,, Leiden, Netherlands
⁵Dept. of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
⁶Haematology, University Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, Netherlands
⁷Hematology, Erasmus MC/Daniel Den Hoed, Rotterdam, Netherlands
⁸AMC
⁹Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
¹⁰Haematology 3/12, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
¹¹Myeloma Study Group, Belgian Hematological Socirty, Leuven, Belgium
¹²HOVON, Netherlands
¹³Hospital Leyenburg, The Hague, Netherlands
¹⁴Haematology, locatie Elisabeth, Meander Medical Center Amersfoort, Amersfoort
¹⁵Haematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
¹⁶Internal Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, location Dordwijk, Dordrecht, Netherlands
¹⁷Isala kliniek Zwolle
¹⁸Hematology, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam

Michele Cavo, M.D.^1*, Paola Tacchetti, M.D.^1*, Francesca Patriarca, M.D.^2*, Maria Teresa Petrucci, M.D.^2*, Lucia Pantani, M.D.^1*, Michela Ceccolini, M.D.^1*, Monica Galli, M.D.^2*, Francesco Di Raimondo, M.D.^2*, Claudia Crippa, M.D.^2*, Elena Zamagni, M.D.^1*, Patrizia Tosi, M.D.^1*, Franco Narni, M.D.^2*, Sara Bringhen, M.D.^2*, Vittorio Montefusco, M.D.^2*, Massimo Offidani, M.D.^2*, Silvia Buttignol, M.D.^2*, Anna Levi, M.D.^2*, Ausilia Gorgone, M.D.^2*, Annamaria Brioli, M.D.^1*, Maria Caterina Pallotti, M.D.^1*, Tonino Spadano, M.D.^2*, Norbert Pescosta, M.D.^2*, Luca Baldini, M.D.^2*, Antonio Ledda, M.D.^2*, Tommaso Caravita, M.D.^2*, Antonietta Falcone, M.D.^2*, Alfonso Zaccaria, M.D.^2*, Giulia Perrone, M.D.^1*, Alessandro Petrucci, M.D.^1*, Antonio Palumbo, M.D.^2*, Mario Boccadoro, M.D.^2* and Michele Baccarani, M.D.³

¹Seragnoli Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
²Italian Myeloma Network GIMEMA, Italy
³Dept. Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Antonio Palumbo, MD¹, Patrizia Falco, MD^1*, Francesca Gay, MD^1*, Vittorio Montefusco, MD^2*, Claudia Crippa, MD^2*, Francesca Patriarca, MD^2*, Milena Gilestro, PhD^1*, Anna M. Liberati, MD^2*, Fausto Rossini, MD^2*, Tommaso Caravita, MD^2*, Antonietta Falcone, MD^2*, Federica Cavallo, MD^1*, Paolo Corradini, MD^2*, Giuseppe Rossi, MD^2* and Mario Boccadoro, MD^1*

¹Divisione di Ematologia dell'Università di Torino, A.O.U. San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy
²Italian Multiple Myeloma Network, GIMEMA, Italy

Murielle Roussel^1*, Anne Huynh^1*, Philippe Moreau^2*, Jean Luc Harousseau^2*, Cyrille Hulin^3*, Denis Caillot^4*, Christophe Fruchart^5*, Gerald Marit^6*, Brigitte Pegourie^7* and Michel Attal¹

¹IFM, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France
²IFM, CHU Hotel Dieu, Nantes, France
³IFM, CHU Brabois, Vandoeuvre, France
⁴IFM, CHU Bocage, Dijon, France
⁵IFM, Centre Baclesse, Caen, France
⁶IFM, CHU Bordeaux, Pessac, France
⁷IFM, CHU Michallon, Grenoble, France

Juan José Lahuerta^1*, Maria Victoria Mateos^2*, Joaquin Martínez-López^1*, Laura Rosinol^3*, Anna Sureda^4*, Javier de la Rubia^5*, José García-Laraña^6*, Rafael Martínez-Martínez^7*, Miguel-Teodoro Hernández-García^8*, Dolores Carrera^9*, Juan Besalduch, MD, PhD¹⁰, Felipe de Arriba^11*, Jose-Maria Ribera^12*, Lourdes Escoda^13*, María-Belen Hernández-Ruiz^14*, Javier García-Frade^15*, Concepción Rivas-González^16*, Adrian Alegre¹⁷, Joan Blade¹⁸ and J.F. San Miguel¹⁹

¹Hematology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
²Haematology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca
³Hematology, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain
⁴Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
⁵Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
⁶PETHEMA/Spanish Myeloma Group
⁷Hematology, Hospital Clínico, Madrid, Spain
⁸Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
⁹Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
¹⁰Hematology, Complejo Asistencial Son Dureta, Bendinat, Spain
¹¹Hematology, Hospital Morales Messeguer, Murcia, Spain
¹²Hospital Germans Trials i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
¹³Hematology, Hospital Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain
¹⁴Hematology, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Alarcos, Ciudad Real, Spain
¹⁵Hematology, Hospital Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain
¹⁶Hematology, Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
¹⁷Hematology, Hosp. Universitario del la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
¹⁸Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
¹⁹HematologÃa, IBMCC, Centro de Investigación del Cðncer, Universidad de Salamanca-CSIC; Hospital ClÃnico Universitario, Salamanca, Spain

Bart Barlogie, MD, PhD¹, Elias J. Anaissie, MD¹, John D. Shaughnessy Jr., PhD¹, Frits van Rhee, MD, PhD^1*, Mauricio Pineda-Roman, MD^1*, Jeff Haessler, MD^2*, Klaus A. Hollmig, MD^1*, Yazan Alsayed, MD^1*, Sarah Waheed, MD^1*, Monica Graziutti, MD^1*, Elias Kiwan, MD^1* and John Crowley, PhD²

¹Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
²Cancer Research & Biostatistics, Seattle, WA

Bouke P.C. Hazenberg, MD, PhD^1*, Sandra Croockewit, MD, PhD^2*, Ron van der Holt, MD, PhD^3*, Sonja Zweegman, MD, PhD⁴, Gerard Bos, MD, PhD^5*, Peter Vandenberghe, MD, PhD⁶, Pieter Sonneveld, MD, PhD⁷, Jan J. Cornelissen, MD, PhD⁸, Edo Vellenga, MD, PhD⁹, Pierre W. Wijermans, MD, PhD¹⁰, Roelof Willemze, MD, PhD¹¹, Marinus H.J. Van Oers, MD, PhD¹², Okke de Weerdt^13*, Fokje M. Spoelstra, PhD^3* and Henk Lokhorst, MD, PhD¹⁴

¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
²Haematology, University Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, Netherlands
³HOVON Data Center, Netherlands
⁴Dept. of Hematology, 2pk BR018, VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
⁵Dept. of Hematology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
⁶Human Genetics, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
⁷Hematology, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
⁸Hematology, Erasmus MC/Daniel Den Hoed, Rotterdam, Netherlands
⁹Hematology, University Medical Hospital Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
¹⁰Hospital Leyenburg, The Hague, Netherlands
¹¹Dept. of Hematology, Leiden Univ. Med. Ctr., Leiden, Netherlands
¹²Hematology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
¹³HOVON, Netherlands
¹⁴Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Dominique Farge^1*, Myriam Labopin^2*, Alan Tyndall^3*, Athanasios Fassas^4*, Gian Luigi Mancardi^5*, Jaap Van Laar^6*, Jian Ouyang^7*, Tomas Kozak^8*, John Moore⁹, Ina Kötter^10*, Virginie Chesnel^11*, Alberto Marmont^12*, Alois Gratwohl, MD^13* and Riccardo Saccardi^14*

¹Internal medicine and vascular pathology, Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France
²Hopital Saint-Antoine, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Paris 75571, France
³Rheumatologische Uniklinik, Felix Platter Spital, Basel, Switzerland
⁴Hematology-BMT unit, George Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
⁵Clinica Neurologica Università, Ospedale San Martino, Genova, Italy
⁶Institute of Cellular Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
⁷Department of Haematology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital ,The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
⁸Department Of Clinical Hematology,, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
⁹Haematology Department, St. Vincents Hospital, Sydney, Australia
¹⁰Medizinische Klinik 2, Tübingen, Germany
¹¹Hopital Saint-Antoine, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Paris, France
¹²Department of Haematology II, Ospedale San Martino, Genova, Italy
¹³Hematology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
¹⁴BMT Unit, Department of Hematology, Policlinico di Careggi, Firenze, Italy