Andrea Kuendgen, MD1*, Heinz Tuechler2*, Meritxell Nomdedeu3*, Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD4, Rami S. Komrokji, MD5, Mikkael A. Sekeres, MD, MS6, Matteo Giovanni Della Porta, MD7*, Alan F List, MD8, Mario Cazzola7, Amy E. DeZern, MD, MHS9, Gail J. Roboz, MD10, David P. Steensma, MD11, Arjan A van de Loosdrecht, MD, PhD12, Arjan A van de Loosdrecht, MD, PhD12, Richard F. Schlenk, MD13, Xavier Calvo14*, Sabine Blum15*, Arturo Pereira3*, Peter Valent, MD16, Dolors Costa3*, Aristoteles Giagounidis, MD, PhD17, Luis Benlloch18*, Uwe Platzbecker, MD19, Carmen Pedro, MD20*, Michael Lübbert, MD21*, Maria Teresa Cedena22*, Sigrid Machherndl-Spandl, MD23, Maria Lopez-Pavia, MD18*, Detlef Haase, MD24*, Ana Africa Martin25*, Claudia D Baldus, MD26, Montserrat Martínez de Sola27*, Reinhard Stauder, MD, MSc28*, Brayan Merchan, MD29*, Claudia Mende1*, María Teresa Ardanaz, MD30*, Christina Ganster31*, Francesc Cobo32*, Thomas Schroeder, MD1*, Jordi Esteve33, Rainer Haas, MD1*, Nomdedeu Benet3*, Peter L. Greenberg, MD34, Ulrich Germing, MD1* and Guillermo Sanz, MD, PhD35
1Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Clinical Immunology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
2Boltzmann Institute for Leukemia Research, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
3Hospital Clinic, Spanish MDS Cooperative Group, Barcelona, Spain
4Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Houston, TX
5Malignant Hematology Department, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
6Leukemia Program, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
7Department of Hematology Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
8Department of Malignant Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
9Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
10Division of Hematology / Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
11Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
12Department of Hematology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
13Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
14Hospital del Mar, Spanish MDS Cooperative Group, Barcelona, Spain
15Haematology Service, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
16Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
17Marien Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
18Hospital Universitario La Fe, GESMD, Valencia, Spain
19Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität, Universitätsklinikum, Dresden, Germany
20Department of Hematology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
21Div. Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
22Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
23Department of Hematology and Oncology, Elisabethinen Hospital, Linz, Austria
24Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
25Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
26Department of Hematology and Oncology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
27Hospital Parc Tauli, Sabadell, Spain
28Department of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Oncology), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
29Servei de Hematologia. Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
30Hospital de Txagorritxu, Vitoria, Spain
31Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
32Hospital Teknon, Barcelona, Spain
33Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spanish MDS Cooperative Group, Barcelona, Spain
34Division of Hematology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
35Hospital Universitario La Fe, Spanish MDS Cooperative Group, Valencia, Spain