Markus Pfirrmann^1*, Joerg Hasford, MD^1*, Susanne Saussele², Anna Turkina, Prof., MD³, Witold Prejzner, MD^4*, Juan Luis Steegmann, MD⁵, Bengt Simonsson, MD^6*, Andrey Zaritskey, MD^7*, Adriana Colita, MD^8*, Daniela Zackova, MD^9*, Jeroen Janssen, MD¹⁰, Francisco Cervantes¹¹, Karel Indrak, MD^12*, Joelle Guilhot, PhD¹³, Ruediger Hehlmann, MD² and Michele Baccarani, MD¹⁴

¹Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
²Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
³National Research Center for Hematology, Moscow, Russia
⁴Department of Hematology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
⁵Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
⁶Dept. Hematology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
⁷St Petersburg State Medical University, St Petersburg, Russia
⁸Fundeni Clinical Institute, Federation Center of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Bucharest, Romania
⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Brno, and Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
¹⁰Department of Hematology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
¹¹Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
¹²Department of Hemato-oncology, University Palackianae, Olomouc, Czech Republic
¹³Clinical Investigation Center, INSERM CIC 1402, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
¹⁴Clinical Department of Hematology and Oncology L. and A. Seragnoli, S Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Chung Hoow Kok, PhD^1,2*, Tamara M Leclercq, PhD^1,2*, Dale Watkins, PhD^1,2*, David T Yeung, BSc, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA^2,3,4,5, Verity A Saunders, BSc (Hons)^1*, Deborah L White, PhD, FFSc (RCPA)^1,2,5 and Timothy P. Hughes, MD, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA^1,2,4,5

¹Cancer Theme, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, Australia
²School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
³Centre for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia
⁴Department of Haematology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia
⁵Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group (ALLG), Melbourne, Australia

Massimiliano Bonifacio, MD^1*, Luigi Scaffidi^1*, Gianni Binotto^2*, Federico De Marchi^3*, Elena Maino^4*, Elisabetta Calistri^5*, Angela Bonalumi^1*, Luca Frison^2*, Luciana Marin^3*, Marta Medeot^3*, Giovanna De Matteis^6*, Renato Fanin³, Gianpietro Semenzato^2*, Achille Ambrosetti^1* and Mario Tiribelli, MD^3*

¹Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
²Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Padua School of Medicine, Padova, Italy
³Division of Hematology and BMT, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medical Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Udine, Udine, Italy
⁴Hematology Unit, Ospedale Dell'Angelo, Venezia-Mestre, Venezia-Mestre, Italy
⁵Hematology Unit, Ospedale Ca' Foncello, Treviso, Treviso, Italy
⁶Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Preetesh Jain, MBBS, MD, DM, PhD^1,2*, Hagop M. Kantarjian, MD³, Raja Luthra, PhD^4*, Graciela Nogueras Gonzalez^5*, Elias Jabbour³, Koji Sasaki, MD⁶, Carlos Guillermo Romo, MD^7*, Keyur P. Patel, MD, PhD^4*, Tapan Kadia, MD³, Gautam Borthakur, MD³, Zeev Estrov, MD³, Farhad Ravandi, MD³, Susan O'Brien, MD³ and Jorge E. Cortes, MD⁸

¹Internal Medicine, University of Texas, Houston
²Leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
³Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
⁴Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
⁵Biostatistics, University of Texas, The MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
⁶Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
⁷University of Texas, The MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
⁸Department of Leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Andreas Burchert, MD¹, Sabrina Inselmann^2*, Susanne Saussele³, Christian T. Dietz, PhD^4*, Martin C. Müller, MD^5*, Ekkehard Eigendorff, MD^6*, Tim H. Brümmendorf, Prof MD^7*, Cornelius Waller, MD^8*, Jolanta Dengler, MD^9*, Maria Elisabeth Goebeler, MD^10*, Regina Herbst, MD^11*, Gernot Freunek, MD^12*, Stefan Hanzel, MD^13*, Thomas Illmer, MD¹⁴, Ying Wang, MD^15*, Andreas Neubauer, MD¹⁶, Thoralf Lange, MD^17,18*, Andreas Hochhaus, MD⁶, Finkernagel Florian^19*, Cornelia A. Brendel, MD^20*, Joelle Guilhot, PhD^21,22,23, Francois Xavier Mahon, MD, PhD²⁴ and Christin Schütz^25*

¹Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg, Marburg, Germany
²Universitaetsklinikum Giessen und Marburg GmbH, Marburg, Germany
³Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
⁴III. Medizinische Klinik, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim der Ruprechts-Karl-Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
⁵Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
⁶Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany
⁷Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
⁸Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
⁹Onkologische Praxis Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
¹⁰University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
¹¹Klinikum Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
¹²MVZ Klinikum Straubing GmbH, Straubing, Germany
¹³Klinikum Kempten-Oberallgäu gGmbH, Kempten, Germany
¹⁴BAG Freiberg-Richter, Jacobasch, Wolf, Illmer, Dresden, Germany
¹⁵Department of Hematology and Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg, Marburg, Germany
¹⁶Dept. Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Philipps University of Marburg, Medical Center of the University Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
¹⁷Asklepios Klinikum Weißenfels, Weißenfels, Germany
¹⁸Abteilung für Hämatologie/Onkologie, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
¹⁹Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
²⁰Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg, Marburg, Germany
²¹Clinical Investigation Center, INSERM CIC 1402, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
²²Inserm CIC 1402, University Hospital, Poitiers, France
²³INSERM CIC 1402, CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France
²⁴Hematology Laboratory, Bordeaux University,Bordeaux Hospital, INSERM 1035, BORDEAUX, France
²⁵Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Susan Branford, PhD FFSc (RCPA)¹, Paul PS Wang, PhD^2*, Wendy Tara Parker, PhD^3*, David Yeung^2*, Justine E Marum, PhD^2*, Doris Stangl, PhD^2*, Zoe Donaldson^2*, Alexandra Yeoman^2*, Nathalie Nataren^4*, Ieuan Walker^5*, Leanne Purins^2*, Bradley Chereda, PhD^2*, Christopher N Hahn, PhD^6*, Hamish S Scott, BSc, PhD, FFSc (RCPA)⁷, Andreas Schreiber, PhD^2* and Timothy P. Hughes, MD, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA⁸

¹Centre for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
²Centre for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia
³SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia
⁴Centre for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
⁵King's College London, London, United Kingdom
⁶Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia
⁷Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
⁸SA Pathology and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia