Kerrie Wilson, BSc, (Hons)^1*, Marian Case, MSc^1*, Lynne Minto^1*, Simon Bailey, MD, PhD, FRCPCH^2*, Josef Vormoor, MD, FRCPCH¹ and Julie Irving, PhD¹

¹Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
²Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Jose Fos^1*, Nicola Bonadies^1*, Thomas Pabst² and Beatrice U Mueller^1*

¹Department for Internal Medicine and Clinical Research, University Hospital Berne, Berne, Switzerland
²Institute of Medical Oncology, Berne, Switzerland

Yuichi Ishikawa, M.D.^1*, Hitoshi Kiyoi, M.D.Ph.D², Akane Tsujimura, MD^1*, Yasushi Miyazaki, M.D.Ph.D³, Masao Tomonaga, M.D.Ph.D³, Kazutaka Kuriyama, M.D.Ph.D^4*, Shuichi Miyawaki, M.D.Ph.D⁵ and Tomoki Naoe, M.D.Ph.D¹

¹Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
²Department of Infectious Disease, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
³Hematology and Molecular Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
⁴Hematoimmunology, University of Ryukyus, Uehara, Japan
⁵Leukemia Research Center, Saiseikai Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan

S. Konoplev¹, S.M. Kornblau^1*, E. Schlette^1*, H Lu^1*, D. A Thomas^1*, N Zhang^1*, Y.H. Qiu^1*, K Coombes^1*, S. Neeley^1*, Hagop M Kantarjian^2*, L.J. Medeiros^1*, M. Andreeff^1* and M. Konopleva¹

¹The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
²M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Manon Queudeville, MD^*, Sarah M. Eckhoff, MD^*, Karsten Stahnke, MD^*, Klaus-Michael Debatin, MD and Lueder H. Meyer, MD^*

Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Manuela Tumino, M.D.^1*, Benedetta Accordi, Ph.D.^2*, Manuela Sciro, B.D.^2*, Marco Giordan, Statistician^2*, Geertruy te Kronnie, Ph.D.^2*, Giuseppe Basso, M.D., Ph.D., Full, Professor^2* and Luca Lo Nigro, M.D., Ph.D.³

¹Center of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
²Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
³Center of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Azienda Policlinico - University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Manon Queudeville, MD^*, Hannah Kunze^*, Sarah M. Eckhoff, MD^*, Klaus-Michael Debatin, MD and Lueder H. Meyer, MD^*

Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Ondrej Hrusak¹, Ester Mejstrikova, MD^1*, Katerina Zdrahalova^2*, Karolina Kramarzova^1*, Martin Kovac^1*, Jan Trka, MD, PhD¹ and Jan Stary, MD, PhD^2*

¹Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Medical School, Charles University Prague, CLIP - Childhood Leukemia Investigation Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
²Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Medical School, Charles University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Elena Vendramini^1*, Marco Giordan, PhD^1*, Silvia Bresolin^1*, Luca Trentin^1*, Andrea Zangrando, PhD^1*, Giulia Fabbri^1*, Geertruy Kronnie, PhD¹ and Giuseppe Basso, MD^2*

¹Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
²Dept. Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Sabine Kayser^1*, Richard F. Schlenk^1*, Frank Breitenbücher^2*, Martina Porebski^3*, Kerstin Wittke^1*, Juan Du^3*, Silja Groner^1*, Daniela Spaeth^1*, Jürgen Krauter^4*, Arnold Ganser⁴, Hartmut Döhner^1*, Thomas Fischer^5* and Konstanze Döhner^1*

¹Internal Medicine III, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
²University of Essen, Essen, Germany
³University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
⁴Department of Hematology, Hemostaseology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
⁵Department of Hematology/Oncology, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Cornelia Eckert, PhD^*, Arend Stackelberg, MD^*, Nikola Hagedorn^*, Andrea Barth^*, Karl Seeger, MD, PhD^* and Guenter Henze, Prof., MD^*

Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Charité - Medical University, Berlin, Germany

Sandra Heesch, MS^1*, Nicola Goekbuget, MD², Jutta Ortiz Tanchez^1*, Cornelia Schlee, MS^1*, Stefan Schwartz, Dr.^3*, Thomas Burmeister, MD^1*, Dieter Hoelzer, MD, PhD⁴, Eckhard Thiel, MD, PhD³, Wolf K Hofmann, MD^1* and Claudia D Baldus, MD^1*

¹Hematology, Oncology, Charite, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
²Medical Department II, J.W.Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
³Medizinische Klinik III (Haematologie, Onkologie und Transfusionsmedizin), Charite Campus Benjamin Franklin (Charite Centrum 14), Berlin, Germany
⁴J.W. Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/M, Germany

Tina Baessler^1*, Sabrina Kuttfruff^2*, Matthias Krusch^1*, Lothar Kanz¹, Alexander Steinle^2* and Helmut R Salih¹

¹Hematology and Oncology, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany
²Immunology, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany

Ulrike Bacher, MD^1*, Susanne Schnittger, PhD², Wolfgang Kern, MD², Tamara Weiss^2*, Claudia Haferlach, MD², Brunangelo Falini, MD^3* and Torsten Haferlach, MD²

¹Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), Hamburg, Germany
²MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory GmbH, Munich, Germany
³Hematology and Clinical Immunology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Jeffrey W Tyner, PhD^1*, Heidi Erickson^2*, Stephen Oh, MD, PhD³, Jason R. Gotlib^4*, Michael W.N. Deininger, MD¹, Brian J. Druker¹ and Marc Loriaux, MD, PhD^1*

¹Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute, Portland, OR
²Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
³Division of Oncology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
⁴Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA

Bruno Lioure, MD^1*, Christian Recher, M.D;, Ph.D^2*, Patrice Chevallier, MD^3*, Arnaud Pigneux, MD, PhD^4*, Francis Witz^5*, Norbert Vey, MD⁶, Nathalie Fegueux, MD^7*, Claude-Eric Bulabois^8*, Sylvie Daliphard^9*, Fabrice Larosa^10*, Martine Escoffre-Barbe, MD^11*, Eric Jourdan, MD, PhD^12*, Olivier Tournilhac, MD, PhD^13*, Martine Delain, MD^14*, Denis Caillot^15*, Mario Ojeda, MD^16*, Edouard Randriamalala, MD^17*, Roselyne Delepine^18*, Francois Dreyfus^19* and Norbert Ifrah, MD²⁰

¹Département d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie, CHU Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France
²Service d'Hematologie, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
³Hematology, CHU Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France
⁴CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
⁵Hématologie - Médecine interne, Hôpitaux de Brabois, Nancy, France
⁶Dept. of Hematology, Institut Paoli Clamettes, Marseille, France
⁷Service Oncologie et Hématologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France
⁸Hematology department, CHU Grenoble, Grenoble, France
⁹Laboratoire d'Hematologie, CHU Reims, Reims, France
¹⁰Hematology, INSERM UMR645 - CHU Jean Minjoz, Besancon
¹¹Hematologie, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France
¹²Médecine B – Unité Onco-Hématologie, Hôpital Caremeau, Nimes, France
¹³Hematology, CHU Clermont Ferrand, Clermont Ferrand, France
¹⁴Service d'Hématologie et Thérapie Cellulaire, CHU de Tours, Tours, France
¹⁵IFM, CHU Bocage, Dijon, France
¹⁶Hematologie, CH Mulhouse, Mulhouse, France
¹⁷Hematologie, CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France
¹⁸Hematologie, CHU Tours, Tours, France
¹⁹Hematologie, CHU Cochin, Paris, France
²⁰Service des Maladies du Sang, CHU d'Angers, Angers, France

Monika Jasek^1*, Lukasz P. Gondek^1*, Nelli Bejanyan^1*, Ramon V. Tiu¹, Jungwon Huh^1*, Karl S. Theil², Christine O' Keefe^1*, Michael A. McDevitt³ and Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski¹

¹Experimental Hematology and Hematopoiesis Section, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
²Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
³Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Marta Pratcorona^1*, Mireia Camós^2*, Montserrat Torrebadell^2*, Maria Rozman^2*, Ana Carrió^2*, Dolors Costa^2*, Alexandra Valera^2*, Elias Campo^2*, Emili Montserrat¹ and Jordi Esteve¹

¹Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Hematology, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
²Hematopathology Unit, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Rafael Santana-Davila, MD¹, Shernan G. Holtan, MD¹, Rhett Ketterling, MD^2*, Ryan A Knudson^2*, David P. Steensma, MD, FACP¹, Dong Chen, MD, PhD³, James Hoyer, MD⁴, Curtis A Hanson, MD^5* and Ayalew Tefferi, MD⁶

¹Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
²Laboratory Med. & Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
³Division of Hematopathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
⁵Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
⁶Medicine, Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Juan Carlos Ramos, MD¹, Luis M. Diaz^2*, Michele Manrique^2*, Rosangela Lima^3*, Ngoc L Toomey^2*, Tianli Xia^2*, Lisa Cabral^2*, Toumy Guettouche^2*, Carlos Brites^3* and William J. Harrington, MD^2*

¹Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Miami, Miami, FL
²Sylvester Cancer Center, Division of Hematology & Oncology, Miami, FL
³Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

Hans Beier Ommen^1*, Susanne Schnittger², Jelena V Jovanovic^3*, Ingrid Beier Ommen^1*, Henrik Hasle⁴, Mette Oestergaard^1*, David Grimwade³ and Peter Hokland¹

¹Department of Hematology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
²MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory GmbH, Munich, Germany
³Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
⁴Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark

Peter Rhein^1*, Richard Ratei, MD^1*, Rita Mitlohner^1*, Giuseppe Basso, MD^2*, Giuseppe Gaipa, MD^3*, Michael N Dworzak, MD, PhD^4*, Martin Stanulla, MD^5*, Martin Schrappe, MD⁵, Wolf-Dieter Ludwig, MD¹ and Leonid Karawajew, PhD^1*

¹Dept. of Hematology, Oncology, and Tumor Immunology, Robert-Rossle-Clinic at the HELIOS Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Charité, Berlin, Germany
²Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
³M.Tettamanti Research Center, Pediatric Clinic University of Milan Bicocca, Monza, Italy
⁴Children's Cancer Research Institute and St. Anna Children's Hospital, Vienna, Austria
⁵Dept. of Pediatrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Claudia Haferlach, MD¹, Susanne Schnittger, PhD¹, Tamara Weiss^1*, Wolfgang Kern, MD¹, Brunangelo Falini, MD^2* and Torsten Haferlach, MD¹

¹MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory GmbH, Munich, Germany
²Hematology and Clinical Immunology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Stephanie Ehlers, MD^1*, Christin Herbst^1*, Martin Zimmermann, PhD^2*, Nicole Scharn^1*, Manuela Germeshausen, PhD³, Claudia Langebrake, PhD^4*, Thomas Lehrnbecher, MD^5*, Jochen Harbott, PhD⁶, Jan Stary, MD, PhD^7*, Michael Dworzak, MD^8*, Ursula Creutzig, MD⁹ and Dirk Reinhardt, MD, PhD¹⁰

¹Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical School Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany
²Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
³Ped. Hem. Onc., Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
⁴Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
⁵Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
⁶Department of Paediatric Haematology/Oncology, Oncogenetic Laboratory, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany
⁷Dept of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Medical School, Charles University, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
⁸St Anna Kinderspital and Childrens Cancer Research Institute, Vienna, Austria
⁹Universitats-Kindeklinik, Munster, Germany
¹⁰Paediatric Haematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Marketa Zaliova^1*, Leona Reznickova^1*, Eva Fronkova^1*, Katerina Krejcikova^1*, Katerina Muzikova^1*, Claus Meyer^2*, Rolf Marschalek^2*, Jan Stary^1*, Jan Trka¹ and Jan Zuna¹

¹Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Medical School, Charles University Prague, CLIP - Childhood Leukemia Investigation Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
²Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, ZAFES, Diagnostic Center of Acute Leukemia, Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Biocenter, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Eleni Tholouli, MD, MRCP, MRCPath^1*, Sara A MacDermott^2*, Judith A Hoyland, PhD^3*, Caroline Glennie^2*, Ric Swindell^4*, John Liu-Yin, FRCP, FRCPath⁵ and Richard J Byers, PhD, MRCPath^2*

¹Haematology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom
²Histopathology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom
³Department of Regenerative Medicine, Manchester University, Manchester, United Kingdom
⁴Statistics, Christie Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
⁵Clinical Haematology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom

Friederike Schneider^1*, Eva Hoster^1*, Michael Unterhalt^1*, Stephanie Schneider^1*, Annika Dufour^1*, Tobias Benthaus^1*, Gudrun Mellert^1*, Evelyn Zellmeier^1*, Stefan K. Bohlander^1*, Michaela Feuring-Buske^1*, Christian Buske¹, Jan Braess^1*, Achim Heinecke^2*, Maria C. Sauerland^2*, Wolfgang E. Berdel³, Thomas Buechner^3*, Wolfgang Hiddemann¹ and Karsten Spiekermann^1*

¹Laboratory for Leukemia Diagnostics, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Munich, Campus Grosshadern, Munich, Germany
²Dept. of Medical Informatics and Biomathematics, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
³Department of Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Cornelia Zeidler, MD^1*, Jean Donadieu, MD^2*, Gusal Pracht^1*, Blandine Beaupain^2*, Ludwig Hoy, PhD^3*, Martin Zimmermann, PhD^4*, Christine Bellanne-Chantelot^5*, Christoph Klein⁶, Manuela Germeshausen^7* and Karl Welte^1*

¹Pediatric Hematology / Oncology, SCNER, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
²Service d'Hémato-Oncologie Pédiatrique, Hopital Trousseau, French Neutropenia Registry, Paris, France
³SCNER
⁴Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, SCNER, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
⁵Department of Genetics, AP-HP Pitié-Salpétriére, Paris, France
⁶Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
⁷Paed. Hematology/Oncology, SCNER, Hannover, Germany

Floor Weerkamp^1*, E. Dekking^2*, Vincent H.J. Van der Velden^1*, Sebastian Böttcher^3*, Nancy Boeckx^4*, Elisabeth R. Van Wering^5*, Juan Flores Montero^6*, Paulo Lucio^7*, Lukasz Sedek^8*, Tomas Kalina^9*, Elizabeth Macintyre^10*, Frank J.T. Staal^1* and Jacques JM van Dongen, Ph.D¹¹

¹Immunology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
²Immunology, Dynomics B.V. / Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
³Second Department of Medicine, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
⁴Laboratory Medicine, Hematology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
⁵Dutch Childhood Oncology Group, Netherlands
⁶Laboratorio de Hematologica, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
⁷Laboratorio de hemato-oncologia, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal
⁸Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland
⁹Dept. of Paediatric Haematology/Oncology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
¹⁰Laboratoire d'Hematologie, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France
¹¹Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Ezhilarasi Chendamarai, MSc^*, Poonkuzhali Balasubramanian, PhD^*, Kavitha Lakshmi, MSc^*, Auro Viswabandya, MD^*, Biju George, MD^*, Alok Srivastava, MD^*, Mammen Chandy, MD^* and Vikram Mathews, MD

Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Wen-Chien Chou¹, Chien-Yuan Chen^2*, Hsin-An Hou^2*, Liang-In Lin^3*, Jih-Luh Tang^2*, Ming Yao^2*, Woei Tsay^2*, Bor-Shen Ko^2*, Shan-Yi Huang^2* and Hwei-Fang Tien^2*

¹Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
²Dept. Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
³Graduate Institute of Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Steven M. Kornblau, MD^*, YiHua Qiu^*, David Graber^*, Wenjing Chen^*, Jose Melendez^*, Marina Konopleva, Stefan Faderl^*, Michael Andreeff^*, Gautam Borthakur^*, Hui Yao^* and Kevin R. Coombes^*

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Monique Terwijn, MSc^*, Angèle Kelder^*, Arjo P Rutten^*, Gert J Ossenkoppele, MD, PhD, Sonja Zweegman, MD, PhD and Gerrit Jan Schuurhuis, PhD^*

Department of Hematology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Saman Abbas^*, Claudia Erpelinck^*, Chantal Goudswaard^*, B. Lowenberg, MD and Peter Valk, PhD

Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Przemyslaw Juszczynski, MD, PhD¹, Scott J. Rodig, MD, PhD^2*, Kunihiko Takeyama, MD, PhD¹, Jing Ouyang, PhD^1*, Jorg Faber, MD, PhD³, Scott Armstrong, MD, PhD³, Jeffery L. Kutok, MD, PhD² and Margaret A. Shipp, MD¹

¹Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
²Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
³Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Costa Bachas, MSc^1*, Gerrit J. Schuurhuis, PhD², Lê D Huynh, BSc^1*, Bianca F. Goemans, MD, PhD¹, D. Reinhardt, MD, PhD³, Gertjan Kaspers, MD, PhD¹ and Jacqueline Cloos, PhD^1*

¹Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
²Department of Hematology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
³BFM-G, Hannover, Germany

Jean-Michel Cayuela^1*, Kheira Beldjord^2*, Sylvie Fasola^3*, Marie-Françoise Auclerc, MD^4*, Benoît Brethon^1*, Anne Auvrignon^5*, Francoise Mechinaud^6*, Virginie Gandemer, MD^7*, Geneviève Margueritte^8*, Pascale Blouin^9*, Nathalie Grardel^10*, Hélène Cavé^11*, Elizabeth Macintyre^12*, Leverger Leverger, MD, PhD^3* and Andre Baruchel, MD¹³

¹Hôpital St-Louis, Paris, France
²Hôpital Necker, Paris
³Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Paris, France
⁴Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France
⁵Hopital Trousseau, Paris, France
⁶Hematology, CHU Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France
⁷CHU, Rennes
⁸CHU Montpellier, Montpellier
⁹CHU, Tours
¹⁰CHRU, Lille
¹¹Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris
¹²Laboratoire d'Hematologie, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France
¹³Dept. of Pediatric Hematology, Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France

Anne Etienne^1*, Cecile Borel^2*, Sarah Reutenauer^2*, Sylviane Olschwang^3*, Marie-Joelle Mozziconacci^3*, Eric Delabesse^4*, Cecile Demur^4*, Thomas Prebet^1*, Francoise Huguet^2*, Aude Charbonnier^1*, Christian Recher^2* and Norbert Vey¹

¹Hematology, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France
²Service d'Hematologie, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
³Biopathologie, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France
⁴Laboratoire d'Hématologie, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Meredith Chuk, MD^1*, Emily McIntyre^2*, Donald Small, MD, PhD² and Patrick Brown, MD²

¹Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
²Oncology and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Wolfgang Kern, MD, Torsten Haferlach, MD, Susanne Schnittger and Claudia Haferlach, MD

MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory GmbH, Munich, Germany

Anna Sergeeva^1*, Sijie Lu^1*, James N Wygant^2*, Gheath Alatrash^1*, Kathryn Quintanilla^1* and Jeffrey J. Molldrem, MD¹

¹Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
²Immunology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Henk-Marijn de Jonge^1*, Evelina S de Bont^1*, Peter Valk², Jan Jacob Schuringa³, Marcel P Kies^3*, Carolien M. Woolthuis^3*, Ruud Delwel², Edo Vellenga³, B. Lowenberg² and Geert A Huls³

¹Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
²Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
³Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

Anne Banos^1*, Antoine Jaquet^2*, Anne Auvrignon^3*, Nicole Dastugue^4*, Christine Terré^5*, Isabelle Luquet, MD, PhD^6*, Sylvie Castaigne^5*, Marina lafage Pochitaloff^7*, Thierry Leblanc^8*, Pierre Fenaux, MD, PhD^9*, Francoise Huguet^10*, Francis Witz^11*, Didier Blaise^12*, Josy M. Reiffers^13*, Jean Luc Harousseau^14*, Gerard Socie, MD^15*, Bruno Lioure, MD^16*, Christian Bastard^17*, Herve Dombret, MD¹⁸ and Arnaud Pigneux, MD, PhD^19*

¹Service Hematologie, Centre Hospitalier De La Cote Basque, Bayonne, France
²Statistique, Faculte de bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
³Hopital Trousseau, Paris, France
⁴Laboratoire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France
⁵Hôpital Mignot, Versailles, France
⁶Laboratoire central d'Hématologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims, France
⁷Biopathologie, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France
⁸Pediatric Hematology, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France, Paris, France
⁹Hôpital Avicenne/ Université Paris 13, Bobigny, France
¹⁰CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
¹¹Hématologie - Médecine interne, Hôpitaux de Brabois, Nancy, France
¹²Hematology, CHU de Marseille, Marseille, France
¹³CRLCC Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux,, France
¹⁴Service d'Hématologie, CHU Hotel Dieu, Nantes, France, NAntes, France
¹⁵Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
¹⁶Oncology and Hematology, Hopital de Hautepierre, Strasbourg Cedex, France
¹⁷Hematology, INSERM U918, Centre Henri Becquerel, Rouen, France
¹⁸Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France
¹⁹CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Marc R Mansour, MBChB, MRCP^1*, Maria Luisa Sulis^2*, Veronique Duke, PhD^3*, Letizia Foroni^3*, Sarah Jenkinson^1*, Christopher G Allen^1*, Rosemary E Gale^1*, Georgina Buck^4*, Sue Richards^4*, Elisabeth Paietta⁵, Martin Tallman^6*, Anthony H Goldstone, FRCP, FRCPath^1*, Jacob M. Rowe, MD⁷, Adolfo A. Ferrando, MD, PhD² and David C Linch^1*

¹Haematology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
²Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University, New York, NY
³Department of Haematology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
⁴Ctsu, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
⁵Cancer Center, Montefiore Medical Center North Division, Bronx, NY
⁶Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
⁷Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Rambam Health Care Campus and Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel., Haifa, Israel

Mark Minden¹, David Rosen^2*, Santosh Putta^2*, Aileen Cohen^2*, Helen Francis-Lang^2*, Todd Covey^2*, John Woronicz^2*, David Soper^2*, Brian Long^2*, James Cordeiro^2*, Lootsie Panganiban-Lustan^2*, Steve Banville^2*, Urte Gayko^2*, Alessandra Cesano^2* and Wendy Fantl^2*

¹Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
²Nodality Inc., S. San Francisco, CA

Mark B. Juckett, MD¹, Matt Vanderhoek^2*, Scott Perlman^2*, Robert Nickles^2* and Robert Jeraj^2*

¹Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinic, Madison, WI
²Medicine, Univ. of WI Hospitals & Clinic, Madison, WI

Allen Eng Juh Yeoh, MD^1*, Hany Ariffin, MD^2*, Ah Moy Tan, MD^3*, Thi Thu Ha Truong, BSc^1*, Hai Peng Lin, MD^4*, Yiong Huak Chan, PhD^5*, Shirley Kow Yin Kham, BSc^1* and Thuan Chong Quah, MD^1*

¹Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
²Pediatrics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
³KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
⁴Haematology, Subang Jaya Medical Center, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
⁵Biostatistic Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

Kellie M. Demock^1*, Joseph Marinaro^1*, Amanda Sobczyk^1*, Laurie Ann Ford^1*, Meir Wetzler, MD¹, George Deeb, MD², Lili Tian^3* and Eunice S. Wang, MD¹

¹Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
²Pathology and Lab Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
³Biostatistics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY

Kellie M. Demock^1*, Joseph Marinaro^1*, Ian McInnis^1*, Laurie Ann Ford^1*, Meir Wetzler, MD¹, Lili Tian^2*, George Deeb, MD³ and Eunice S. Wang, MD¹

¹Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
²Biostatistics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
³Pathology and Lab Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY