Tiziano Barbui1*, Valerio De Stefano, MD2*, Alessandra Carobbio, BSc3*, Alessandra Iurlo, MD, PhD4*, Alberto Alvarez-Larran, MD5*, Alessandro Vannucchi, MD6, Francesca Palandri, MD, PhD7*, Claire Harrison, DM, FRCPath8, Hassan Sibai, MBBS9*, Martin Griesshammer, MD, PhD10*, Massimiliano Bonifacio, MD11,12*, Elena M Elli, MD13*, Chiara Trotti, MD14*, Steffen Koschmieder, MD15, Giuseppe Carli, MD16*, Giulia Benevolo17*, Jean-Christophe Ianotto, MD, PhD18*, Swati Goel, MD19*, Anna Falanga, MD20, Silvia Betti, MD, PhD21*, Daniele Cattaneo, MD4*, Eduardo Arellano-Rodrigo, MD22*, Lara Mannelli, MD23*, Nicola Vianelli, MD24*, Andrew Doyle, MBBS, BSc, FRPATH25*, Vikas Gupta, MD, FRCP, FRCPath26, Kai Wille, MD27*, Douglas Tremblay, MD28 and John Mascarenhas, MD28
1FROM Research Foundation ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
2Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
3FROM Research Foundation, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
4Hematology Division, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
5Servicio de Hematologia, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona - GEMFIN, Barcelona, Spain
6CRIMM; Center for Research and Innovation of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, AOU Careggi, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
7Institute of Hematology "L. & A. Seràgnoli", Sant'Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
8Department of Clinical Haematology, Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
9Leukemia Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
10University Clinic for Hematology, Oncology, Haemostaseology and Palliative Care, Johannes Wesling Medical Center, Minden, University of Bochum, Minden, Germany
11Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
12Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Policlinico G. Rossi, Verona, Italy
13Hematology, San Gerardo Hospital, MONZA, Italy
14Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
15Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
16Hematology Department, Ospedale San Bortolo, Vicenza, Italy
17AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
18Clinical Hematology, Institut de Cancéro-Hématologie, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France
19Division of Hematology, Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
20Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine, ASST- Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
21Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” IRCCS, Catholic University, Roma, Italy
22Hospital Clinic de Barcelona- GEMFIN, Barcelona, Spain
23CRIMM; Center Research and Innovation of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, AOU Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
24Institute of Hematology "L. & A. Seragnoli", Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
25Department of Haematology, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, ENG, United Kingdom
26Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
27Johannes Wesling Medical Center, University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany
28Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY