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731. Clinical Autologous Transplantation: Results: Poster II

Clinical Autologous Transplantation: Results Program: Oral and Poster Abstracts
Type: Poster
Sunday, December 6, 2015: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Hall A, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)

Ehsan Malek, MD1, Yihong Deng, MS2*, Mark Eckman, MD3*, Jeffrey Weldge, PhD4* and James J. Driscoll, MD, PhD5,6*

1Division of Hematology and Oncology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
2University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
3Division of General Internal Medicine and the Center for Clinical Effectiveness, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
4Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
5Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
6The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Christopher Lemieux, MD, Imran Ahmad, MD, Nadia M. Bambace, MD, Lea Bernard, MD, Sandra Cohen, MD, Jean-Sebastien Delisle, MD, PhD, Thomas Kiss, MD, Jean Roy, MD, PhD and Silvy Lachance, MD

Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Stem Cell Transplant Program, Department of Medicine, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

John Sweetenham1, Jan Walewski, MD PhD Prof2, Auayporn P. Nademanee, MD3, Tamas Masszi4, Edward Agura5, Jerzy Holowiecki6, Muneer H. Abidi, MD7, Andy I Chen, MD, PhD8, Patrick Stiff9, Simonetta Viviani, MD10*, Angelo Michele Carella11, Dzhelil Osmanov12*, Veronika Bachanova, MD13, Anna Sureda, MD, PhD14*, Dirk Huebner15, Emily K Larsen16*, Naomi N Hunder16* and Craig H Moskowitz, MD17

1Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2Department of Lymphoproliferative Diseases, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
3Department of Hematology and HCT, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
4Szent Istvan & Szent Laszlo Corporate Hospital Hematology & Stem Cell Dept., Budapest, Hungary
5Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
6Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Oncohematology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland
7Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI
8Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
9Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
10Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
11IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-Ist, Genova, Italy
12Blokhin Cancer Research Center under the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia
13University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
14Institut Català d'Oncologia, Hospital Duran i Reynals, Barcelona, Spain
15Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceuticals Limited, Cambridge, MA
16Seattle Genetics, Inc., Bothell, WA
17Department of Medicine, Lymphoma and Adult BMT Services, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Pallawi Torka, MD1, Paul K. Wallace, MS, PhD2*, Yali Zhang1*, George L. Chen, MD1*, Sophia R. Balderman, MD1, Bruno Paiva, PhD3*, Christine M. Ho, MD1, Maureen Ross, MD1, Francisco J. Hernandez-Ilizaliturri, MD4, Philip L. McCarthy, MD1 and Theresa Hahn, PhD1

1Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
2Department of Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Inst., Buffalo, NY
3Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
4Departments of Medicine and Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY

Noa Biran, MD1, Susanna Jacobus2*, David S Siegel, MD, PhD3, Natalie Scott Callander, MD4, Rafael Fonseca, MD5, David H. Vesole, MD6, Michael E. Williams, M.D.7, Rafat Abonour, MD8, Michael S Katz, BS, MBA9*, S. Vincent Rajkumar10 and Philip R. Greipp, MD11*

1John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ
2Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
3Hackensack University Medical Center, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack, NJ
4University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI
5Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
6Hackensack University Medical Center, John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack UMC, Hackensack, NJ
7University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
8Hematology/Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
9International Myeloma Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
10Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
11Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Phyllis McKiernan, APN, MSN, OCN1*, David S Siegel, MD, PhD2, David H. Vesole, MD1, Themba Nyirenda, PhD3*, Scott D. Rowley, MD, FACP1, Alan P Skarbnik, MD3, Ann Ferolin-Ocot, RN, BSN, OCN1*, Daniel Kim1*, Neil Shah, MD4* and Michele L. Donato, MD1

1John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ
2Hackensack University Medical Center, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack, NJ
3Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ
4Mountainside, Hackensack University Medical Center, Montclair, NJ

Sara Farshchi-Zarabi, MD1,2*, Gurdeep Parmar, MD2*, Esther Masih-Khan, PhD2*, Sophia Farooki, MD, FRCPC2, Christine Chen, MD, FRCPC2,3, Vishal Kukreti, MD, FRCPC2,3, Anca Prica, MD, FRCPC2,3*, Rodger Tiedemann, MBChB, FRCPC, PhD2,3, Suzanne Trudel, MD3,4 and Donna Reece2,3

1Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
2Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
3Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
4Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Yi L. Hwa, NP*, Shaji K. Kumar, MD, Martha Q. Lacy, MD, Morie A. Gertz, MD, Francis Buadi, MD, S. Vincent Rajkumar, Ronald S. Go, MD, Nelson Leung, MD, Prashant Kapoor, MD, David Dingli, MD, PhD, Stephen J. Russell, MD, PhD, John A. Lust, MD, PhD, Suzanne R. Hayman, MD, Taxiarchis Kourelis, MD and Angela Dispenzieri, MD

Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Heather Landau, MD1,2, Nicole Montanez, BS3*, Alexandra Cowan, MS3*, Hoover Elizabeth, BS3*, Carlos Flombaum, MD4*, Jennifer Liu, MD3*, Mat Maurer, MD5*, Nikoletta Lendvai, MD, PhD6,7, Ola Landgren, MD, PhD7, Sergio A. Giralt, MD8,9 and Hani Hassoun, MD1,7

1Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
2Myeloma Service, Division of Hematologic Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
3Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
4Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Ketttering Cancer Center, New York, NY
5Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian Columbia medical Center, New York, NY
6Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
7Department of Medicine, Myeloma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
8Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY
9Department of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Amrita Y. Krishnan, MD1, Joycelynne Palmer, PhD2*, Auayporn P. Nademanee, MD3, Robert Chen1, Leslie L. Popplewell, MD4, Nicole Tsai, MS5*, James F. Sanchez, PhD6*, Jennifer Simpson7*, Ricardo Spielberger, MD8, Dave Yamauchi, MD9* and Stephen J. Forman, MD10

1City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
2Department of Information Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
3Department of Hematology and HCT, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
4City of Hope, Duarte, CA
5Department of Information Sciences, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, CA
6Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte
7City of Hope, Duarte
8Hem/HCT, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA
9Dept of Radiology, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, CA
10Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA

Sam H Ahmedzai, MBChB BSc FRCP1*, John A Snowden, MD, FRCP, FRCPath1,2, Angela Cox, BA MA PhD1*, David A Cairns3*, Cathy D Williams4*, Anna Hockaday5*, Jamie Cavenagh6, Christopher Parrish, MD7*, Kwee L Yong, MBChB, PhD8*, Jim Cavet, FRCPath9*, Hannah Hunter10, Jennifer Bird11*, John Ashcroft, MD, MBBChir, PhD, MRCP, MA, FRCPath12, Julia Brown, PhD13*, Curly Morris, MD14 and Gordon Cook, MD, PhD15

1Department of Oncology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
2Department of Haematology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom
3Clinical Trials Research Unit, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
4Centre for Clinical Haematology, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, United Kingdom
5Clinical Trials Research Unit, Univeristy of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
6Dept. of Hematology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
7St James's Institute of Oncology, Leeds, United Kingdom
8Department of Haematology, UCL Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom
9The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
10Department of Haematology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, United Kingdom
11University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
12Dept. of Haematology, Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, United Kingdom
13Univeristy of Leeds, Clincial Trials Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom
14Centre for Cancer Research & Cell Biology, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
15University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Frits van Rhee, MD, PhD1, Alan Mitchell2*, Maurizio Zangari, MD1, Jeffery Sawyer3*, Sarah Waheed, MD1*, Rashid Z Khan, MD1*, Christoph Heuck, MD1, Sharmilan Thanendrarajan, MD1, Carolina Schinke, MD1*, Yogesh Jethava, MD1*, Xenofon Papanikolaou, MD1*, Monica Grazziutti1*, Nathan Petty, MS1*, Douglas Steward1*, Susan Panozzo1*, Clyde Bailey1*, Antje Hoering2*, John Crowley, PhD2, Faith E Davies, MD1, Bart Barlogie, MD, PhD1 and Gareth J Morgan, MD PhD1

1Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
2Cancer Research and Biostatistics, Seattle, WA
3Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Sharmilan Thanendrarajan, MD, Caleb K. Stein, MS*, Faith E Davies, MD, Frits van Rhee, MD, PhD, Maurizio Zangari, MD, Christoph Heuck, MD, Carolina Schinke, MD*, Sarah Waheed, MD*, Yogesh Jethava, MB, MRCP, MD, FRCPath, Niels Weinhold, PhD*, Aasiya Matin*, Pankaj Mathur*, Meera Mohan*, Muthukumar Radhakrishnan*, Bart Barlogie, MD, PhD and Gareth J Morgan, MD PhD

Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Clinton Yam, MBBS1, Daniel J. Landsburg, MD1, Xinyi Lin, PhD2*, Anthony Mato, MD1*, Jakub Svoboda, MD1, Alison Loren, MD, MS1, Noelle Frey, MD1, Edward A. Stadtmauer, MD1, David Porter, MD1, Stephen J. Schuster, MD1 and Sunita Dwivedy Nasta, MD1

1Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore, Singapore

May Anne Cheong, MBBS, MRCP1*, Gee Chuan Wong, MBBS, MRCP, FRCP2, William YK Hwang, MBBS, MRCP, FRCP2, Ho YL Aloysius, MBBS, MRCP, FRCPath2*, Yeh Ching Linn, MBBS, MRCP2*, Yeow-Tee YT Goh, MD2, Yvonne Loh, MBBS, MRCP3, Sathish Kumar, MBBS, MRCP, FRCPath2*, Colin Phipps, MBBS, MRCP, FRCPath2* and Zhentang Lao, MBBS, MRCP2*

1Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
2Department of Haematology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
3Raffles Medical Group, Singapore, Singapore

Scott R. Solomon, MD1, Sanacore Melissa1*, Xu Zhang2*, Katelin Connor1*, Melhem Solh, MD1, Asad Bashey, MD, PhD1, Lawrence E. Morris, MD1 and H. Kent Holland, MD1

1The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA
2Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Sai Ravi Pingali, MD1, Rima Saliba1*, Paolo Anderlini, MD1, Chitra M. Hosing, MD1, Issa F. Khouri, MD1, Amin M. Alousi, M.D.1, Partow Kebriaei, MD1, Yago Nieto, MD, PhD1, Muzaffar H. Qazilbash, MD1, Michelle A. Fanale2, Elizabeth J. Shpall, MD1, Richard E. Champlin, MD1 and Uday R. Popat, MD1

1Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
2Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Elias Karl Mai, MD1*, Christina Kunz, PhD2*, Uta Bertsch, MD3*, Hans-Juergen Salwender, MD4*, Michael Pfreundschuh, MD5, Ulrich Duehrsen, MD6, Peter Brossart, MD7*, Norma Peter, MD8*, Kai Neben, MD9*, Thomas Hielscher2*, Jens Hillengass, MD3, Hans Martin, MD10*, Hans Walter Lindemann, MD11*, Christof Scheid12, Katja C. Weisel13*, Igor W. Blau, MD14* and Hartmut Goldschmidt, MD1,15

1Internal Medicine V, University Clinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
2Divison of Biostatistics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
3Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
4Asklepios Klinik Altona, Hamburg, Germany
5Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Clinic of Saarland, Homburg, Germany, Homburg/Saar, Germany
6University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
7University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
8Internal Medicine, Carl-Thiem-Clinic Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany
9Department of Hematology and Oncology, Klinikum Baden Baden, Baden Baden, Germany
10Department of Hematology/Oncology, Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
11Klinik für Hämatologie / Onkologie, Kath. Krankenhaus Hagen gem. GmbH - St.-Marien-Hospital, Hagen, Germany
12University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
13Department of Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Rheumatology and Pulmonology, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
14Internal Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
15National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Dana Rosenberg, MD1*, Erel Joffe, MD, MSc1,2*, Uri Rozovski, MD1,3, Chava Perry, MD/Ph.D.3*, Ilya Kirgner, MD4,5*, Svetlana Trestman, MD3*, Odelia Gur3*, Freddy Aviv, MD3*, Nadav Sarid, MD3*, Albert Kolomansky, MD3*, Lily Gepstein3*, Yair Herishanu, MD3,5 and Elizabeth Naparstek, MD1,3

1Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
3Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
4Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
5Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Victor H Jimenez-Zepeda, MD1, Peter Duggan, MD2, Paola Neri, MD, PhD3, Ahsan Chaudhry, MD4*, Marcia Culham, RN, BSN, NP5*, Joanne Luider6*, Fariborz Rashid-Kolvear, PhD7* and Nizar J Bahlis, MD3

1University of Calgary, Division of Hematology, Calgary, AB, Canada
2Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Tom Baker Cancer Center, Calgary, AB, Canada
3University of Calgary, Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute, Calgary, AB, Canada
4Tom Baker Cancer Center, Calgary, AB, Canada
5DMOH, Tom Baker Cancer Center, Calgary, AB, Canada
6Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada
7Calgary Lab Services, Calgary, AB, Canada

Ombretta Annibali, MD, PHD1*, Elisabetta Riva2*, Livia Piccioni3*, Francesca Chiodi, MD4*, Valeria Tomarchio5*, Daniele Armiento6*, Erika Circhetta6*, Alessandra Scardocci6*, Silvia Ferraro6*, Maria Cristina Tirindelli, MD1* and Giuseppe Avvisati, MD, PhD7

1Hematology, University Campus Bio Medico, Rome, Italy
2UOS of Virology, University campus Bio Medico, Rome, Italy
3UOC Virology, University campus Bio Medico, Rome, Italy
4Hematology Unit, Policlinico Universitario Campus Biomedico, Roma, Italy
5UOC Hematology, University campus Bio Medico, Rome, Italy
6UOC Hematology, Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio Medico, Rome, Italy
7Hematology, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy

Jonathan E. Brammer, MD1, Michelle Poon2*, Liang Piu Koh3*, Paolo F. Caimi, MD4, Marcos De Lima, MD5, Celina Ledesma1*, William Dibb, BA6*, Issa F. Khouri1, Yasuhiro Oki, MD7, Michelle A. Fanale7, Richard E. Champlin, MD1, Richard T. Maziarz, MD8 and Chitra M. Hosing, MD1

1Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
2National University Hospital, Singapore, TX, Singapore
3Department of Hematology-Oncology, Singapore
4Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH
5Hematology and Oncology, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland
6Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Oregon Health and science university, Portland, OR
7Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
8Adult Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

Issa F. Khouri1, Dawen Sui2*, Francesco Turturro, MD3, William D Erwin4*, Roland L Bassett Jr.5*, Martin Korbling6, Rosamar Valverde7*, Sairah Ahmed7*, Amin M. Alousi, MD1, Paolo Anderlini7, Qaiser Bashir, MD1, Stefan O. Ciurea, MD1, Betul Oran, MD1, Amanda Olson8*, Uday R. Popat, MD1, Krina K Patel1, Muzaffar H. Qazilbash, MD1, Michelle A. Fanale9, Luis E. Fayad, MD3, Loretta Nastoupil, MD10, Jason R Westin, MD3, Alison M Gulbis11*, L. Jeffrey Medeiros12, Ken H. Young12 and Aaron Jessop13*

1Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
2Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1411, Houston
3Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
4The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1352, Houston
5Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
6Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 423, Houston
7Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 423, Houston
8Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
9Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
10University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
11Division of Pharmacy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
12Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
13Nuclear Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1483, Houston

Attaya Suvannasankha, MD1, Sherif Farag, MD, PhD2, Rebecca Silbermann, MD3, Mary Cangany, RN2*, Anita Rush-Taylor, RN2*, Robin O'Bryant, RN2*, Lisa Wood, RN4*, Jean Pearson4*, Sarah Singleton4*, Andrea Bradley4*, Sandra Althouse5*, Susan Perkins, PhD6*, Deb Estes, RN4* and Rafat Abonour, MD4

1Indiana University School of Medicine and Richard L. RoudeBush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN
2Medicine/Hematology-Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
3Medicine/Hematology-Oncology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
4Hematology/Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
5Biostatistics, Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN
6Biostatistics, Indiana Univeristy Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN

Koji Sasaki, MD1, Nina Shah, MD1, Qaiser Bashir, MD1, Chitra M. Hosing, MD1, Uday R. Popat, MD1, Yago Nieto, MD, PhD1, Simrit Parmar, MD1, Jatin J. Shah, MD2, Donna Weber, MD2, Daniel Weissinger1*, Sheeba K. Thomas, MD2, Robert Z. Orlowski, MD, PhD2, Richard E. Champlin, MD1 and Muzaffar H. Qazilbash, MD1

1Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
2Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Shekeab Jauhari, M.D.1*, John Plastaras, M.D., Ph.D.2*, John Lukens, M.D.2*, Amit Maity, M.D., Ph.D.2*, Stephen J. Schuster, MD3 and Sunita Dwivedy Nasta, MD4

1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
3Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
4Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Amanda F. Cashen, MD1, Kendall Gosch, BA2*, Theresa Fletcher, MS2*, Connie Ceriotti, RN, BSN2*, Armin Ghobadi, MD3*, Ravi Vij, MD2, Keith Stockerl-Goldstein, MD4, John F Dipersio, MD, PhD5 and Camille N Abboud, MD2

1Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2Division of Oncology/Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
3Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
4Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
5Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO

Massimo Martino, M.D.1*, Messina Giuseppe, M.D.2*, Roberta Fedele, M.D.3*, Giuseppe Irrera, M.D.2*, Console Giuseppe, M.D.2*, Giuseppe Alberto Gallo2*, Iolanda Donatella Vincelli4*, Francesca Ronco4*, Massimo Gentile, MD5* and Fortunato Morabito, MD6,7*

1Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Onco-hematology Department, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
2Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera BMM, Reggio Calabria, Italy
3Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera BMM, Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
4hematology, azienda ospedaliera bianchi-melacrino-morelli, reggio calabria, Italy
5U.O.C. di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera di Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
6Section of Hematology, A.O. L'Annunziata of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
7Biotechnology Research Unit, Aprigliano (Cosenza), Italy

Giovanni Marconi, MD1*, Cristina Papayannidis, MD, PhD2, Federico Mosna3*, Michele Gottardi3*, Giorgia Simonetti, PhD1*, Simona Soverini4, Antonio Curti, MD, PhD5*, Elisa Zuffa, PhD1*, Maria Chiara Abbenante, MD1*, Sarah Parisi, M.D.5*, Stefania Paolini, MD5*, Chiara Sartor5*, Eugenia Franchini1*, Emanuela Ottaviani1*, Claudia Venturi, PhD4*, Maria Chiara Fontana6*, Antonella Padella1*, Viviana Guadagnuolo, PhD1*, Maria Teresa Bochicchio5*, Anna Ferrari, PhD1*, Nicoletta Testoni1*, Carmen Baldazzi, PhD1*, Marco Manfrini, PhD2*, Debora Capelli, MD7*, Piero Galieni8*, Andrea Piccin, MD9*, Giuseppe Visani, M.D.10*, Francesco Rodeghiero11, Cristina Tecchio12*, Filippo Gherlinzoni, MD13, Michele Cavo5* and Giovanni Martinelli, MD, PhD2

1University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
3Department of Hematology, General Hospital, Treviso, Italy
4Institute of Hematology, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
5Institute of Hematology, Bologna, Italy
6"Seràgnoli" Institute of Hematology, Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
7Haematology Clinic, Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
8Hematology and Cellular Therapy, Ospedale Mazzoni, Ascoli Piceno, Italy
9Department of Haematology and BMT Unit. Bolzano Regional Hospital, Bolzano, Italy
10Hematology, AORMN Hospital, Pesaro, Italy
11Department of Cell Therapy and Hematology, S. Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
12Department of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
13Unita Operativa Ematologia, Ospedale Ca' Foncello, Treviso, Italy

Jaakko Valtola, MD1*, Ville Varmavuo, MD, PhD1*, Antti Ropponen, BS2*, Tuomas Selander, MSc3*, Hanne Kuitunen, MD4*, Leena Keskinen, MD5*, Kaija Vasala, MD, PhD6*, Tapio Nousiainen, MD, PhD1*, Pentti Mäntymaa, MD, PhD7*, Jukka Pelkonen, MD, PhD2,7* and Esa Jantunen, MD, PhD1*

1Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
2Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
3Science Services Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
4Department of Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
5Department of Oncology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
6Department of Oncology, Central Hospital of Central Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland
7Laboratory of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Ashley E Rosko, MD1, Craig C Hofmeister, MD, MPH1, Yvonne A Efebera, MD2, Don M Benson, MD, PhD1, Douglas W Sborov, MD, MS3, Samantha Jaglowski, MD, MPH4*, Steve Devine, MD2*, Tanya M Wildes, MD, MSCI5, James Gillahan6*, Desiree Jones7*, Ying Huang, MA, MS7* and Christin E Burd, Ph.D.8*

1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
3Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
4Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
5Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
6The Ohio State University, Columbus
7Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
8The Ohio State University, Department of Molecular Genetics, Columbus

*signifies non-member of ASH