Tapani Ruutu1, Liisa Volin1*, Dietrich W. Beelen2*, Rudolf Trenschel2*, Juergen Finke3, Marc Schnitzler3*, Jerzy Holowiecki4, Sebastian Giebel4*, Lutz Uharek5*, I. Wolfgang Blau5*, Matthias Stelljes6*, Joachim Kienast6*, Kajsa Larsson7*, Axel R. Zander8, Martin Gramatzki9, Roland Repp9*, Hermann Einsele10*, Gernot Stuhler10*, Mathias Freund11 and Jochen Casper11*
1Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
2Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, Germany
3Department of Medicine - Hematology, Oncology, University of Freiburg, Germany
4University Department of Hematology and BMT, Silesian Medical University, Katowice, Poland
5Medical Clinic III - Hematology and Oncology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany
6Department of Hematology/Oncology, University of Muenster, Germany
7Centre for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation & Department of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital & Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
8Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
9Division of Stem Cell Transplantation & Immunotherapy, 2nd Medical Department; University of Kiel, Germany
10Department of Hematology/Oncology, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
11Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Rostock, Germany