Michele Malagola, MD1, Fabio Efficace, PhD2*, Nicola Polverelli, MD3*, Elisabetta Abruzzese4, Alessandra Iurlo5*, Cristina Bucelli, MD6*, Fabio Stagno, MD, PhD7, Massimiliano Bonifacio8*, Mariella D'adda, MD9*, Monia Lunghi10*, Monica Crugnola, MD11*, Francesca Lunghi12*, Fausto Castagnetti13, Gianantonio Rosti14*, Ferrari Maria Luisa15*, Micaela Bergamaschi, MD16*, Gianni Binotto, MD17*, Rosaria Sancetta, MD18*, Maria Rosaria Coppi19*, Valentina Giai20*, Giovanna Rege Cambrin, MD21*, Atelda Romano, MD22*, Mario Tiribelli23*, Sabina Russo24*, Lara Aprile25*, Antonietta Pia Falcone, MD26*, Serena Rupoli, MD27*, Antonella Russo Rossi, MD28*, Emilio Usala, MD29*, Bruno Martino, MD30*, Lisa Gandolfi3*, Simona Bernardi, PhD3*, Camilla Zanaglio, PhD3*, Mirko Farina, MD3*, Michele Baccarani, MD31 and Domenico Russo, MD3
1Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
2Italian Group for Adult Hematologic Diseases (GIMEMA), Data Center and Health Outcomes Research Unit, Rome, Italy
3Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Chair of Hematology, Dpt of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
4Hematology, S.Eugenio Hospital, Roma, Italy
5Hematology Division, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
6Hematology Division, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, and University of Milan, Milano, Italy
7Hematology Unit, Hematology Section, Biomedical Sciences, Trecastagni, Catania, Italy
8Department of Medicine, Section of Haematology, Verona University, Verona, Italy
9Department of Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
10AOU “Maggiore della Carità", SCDU Ematologia, Novara, ITA
11Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
12Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute IRCCS, Milano, Italy
13Institute of Hematology "L. e A. Seràgnoli", DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
14Institute of Hematology "L. and A. Seràgnoli", Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Bologna, Italy
15ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Bergamo, Jamaica
16Division of Hematology, University of Genoa, Opsedale policlinico San Martino, IRCCS per l'Oncologia, Dipartment of Internal Medicine, Genova, Italy
17Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Padua School of Medicine, Padova, Italy
18Hematology Unit, Ospedale dell'Angelo Mestre, Venezia, Italy
19"Antonio Perrino" Hospital, Haematology and BMT Unit, Brindisi, Italy
20Ospedale SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
21University of Turin, ORBASSANO TORINO, ITA
22Hematology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena - IFO, Rome, Italy
23Division of Hematology and BMT, Department of Medical Area, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
24Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, AOU Policlinico di Messina, Messina, Italy
25Hematology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
26IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", Hematology Unit, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
27Hematology Unit, AOU- Ospedali Riuniti Umberto I, Ancona, Italy
28Hematology, University of Bari, Bari, ITA
29Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ospedale Oncologico di Riferimento Regionale "Armando Businco", Cagliari, Italy
30Azienda Ospedaliera "Bianchi Melacrino Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
31Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology "L. & A. Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy