Alessandra Picardi1,2*, Francesca Lorentino, PhD3*, Alessandro Rambaldi, MD4, Benedetto Bruno, MD, PhD5*, Fabio Benedetti, MD6,7*, Michela Cerno8*, Paolo Bernasconi, MD9, William Arcese10*, Pietro Pioltelli, MD11*, Domenico Russo, MD12, Andrea Bacigalupo, MD13, Massimo Martino14,15*, Emanuele Angelucci, MD16, Angelo Michele Carella, MD17*, Francesco Onida, MD18, Attilio Olivieri, MD19*, Anna Maria Raiola20*, Anna Paola Iori, MD21*, Francesca Patriarca, MD, PhD22*, Elena Oldani, MSc23,24*, Fabio Ciceri, MD25* and Francesca Bonifazi, MD26*
1Stem Cell Transplant Program of AORN Cardarelli, Naples, Italy
2Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
3PhD Program in Public Health, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
4Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
5Division of Hematology, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
6Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Verona, Verona, Italy
7Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
8Clinica Ematologica Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy
9HSCT Unit, UOC Ematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
10Fondazione Policlinico Campus Biomedico, Rome Transplant Network, Rome, Italy
11Ospedale San Gerardo, Clinica Ematologica dell`Universita Milano-Biocca, Monza, MB, Italy
1214Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
13Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Universita’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
14Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, "BMM" Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy, Reggio Calabria, Italy
15Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BMM- Centro Unico Trapianti A. Neri, Alberto Neri, Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
16Department of Hematology II, Ospedale San Martino, Genoa, Italy
17Ematologia e Centro Trapianto CSE, Fondazione Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
18BMT Center - Hematology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Di Milano-University of Milan, Milano, Italy
19Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
20Divisione di Ematologia, Policlinico San Martino, IRCCS, Genova, Italy, Genova, Italy
21Dip. Biotecnologie Cellulari ed Ematologia, Univ. La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
22Haematological Clinic and Transplant Centre, University Hospital of Central Friuli, DAME, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
23Haematology Unit, “ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII”, Bergamo, Italy, Bergamo, Italy
24Department of Oncology-Hematology, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
25Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
26IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, NA, Italy