Dietger Niederwieser, MD1, Verena Sophia Hoffmann, Dr.2*, Utz Krug, MD3, Rainer Krahl, Ph.D4*, Christina Sauerland, Dipl.-Math5*, Karsten Spiekermann, MD6, Stefan K. Bohlander, MD7*, Ute Hegenbart, MD8*, Wolfram Poenisch, MD1*, Vladan Vucinic, MD1*, Michael Cross, PhD9*, Nadja Jaekel, MD1*, Markus Pfirrmann10*, Antje Schulze11*, Alwin Kraemer, MD12*, Georg Maschmeyer, MD13, Christian Junghanss, MD14*, Sebastian Scholl15*, Christian Jakob, MD13, Thomas Heinicke, MD16*, Detlev Haehling17*, Norma Peter, MD18*, Ute Kreibich, Prof.19*, Christoph Busemann, MD20, Haifa Kathrin Al-Ali, MD21*, Ahmet H. Elmaagacli, MD, PhD22,23*, B Opitz24*, Hans-Heinrich Wolf, MD25*, Wolfgang Hiddemann, MD26, Wolfgang E Berdel, MD27 and Thomas Buechner28*
1Hematology and Oncology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
2Institut für medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
3Medizinische Klinik A, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Germany
4Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
5Institut für Biometrie und Klinische Forschung, University Münster, Münster, Germany
6Department of Internal Medicine III, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany
7Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
8Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
9Division of Hematology and Clinical Oncology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
10Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
11Helios Klinikum, Erfurt, Germany
12Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
13Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann, Potsdam, Germany
14Department of Medicine III - Hematology/Oncology/Palliative Care, University of Rostock Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
15University of Jena, Jena, Germany
16University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
17Haema Onko Schwerin, Schwerin, Germany
18Internal Medicine, Carl-Thiem-Clinic Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany
19Klinik für Innere Medizin B, Heinrich-Braun-Krankenhaus, Zwickau, Germany
20Internal Medicine, Hem./Onc., University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
21University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
22Klinik Schwerin, Schwerin, Germany
23Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Schwerin, Schwerin, Germany
24St. Elisabeth Krankenhaus, Halle, Germany
25Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital, Halle, Germany
26Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
27Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Münster, Muenster, Germany
28Department of Hematology/Oncology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany