Moritz Fürstenau, MD1*, Matthias Ritgen2*, Sandra Robrecht, PhD3*, Julia Von Tresckow, MD4*, Can Zhang, PhD5*, Anke Schilhabel6*, Michael Gregor7*, Patrick Thornton8*, Philipp Bernhard Staber, MD, PhD9, Tamar Tadmor10*, Vesa Lindström11*, Gunnar Juliusson, MD, PhD12, Ann Janssens, MD13*, Mark-David Levin14*, Caspar Da Cunha-Bang, MD, PhD15*, Christof Schneider, MD16*, Neta Goldschmidt17*, Elisabeth Vandenberghe, MD18, Davide Rossi19, Rudolf A. Benz, MD20, Daniel Heintel21*, Christian Bjørn Poulsen22*, Ilse Christiansen, MD, PhD23*, Henrik Frederiksen, MD, PhD24, Lisbeth Enggaard25*, Eduardus Posthuma26*, Djamila Issa27,28*, Hein Visser29*, Mar Bellido, MD, PhD30*, Nadine Kutsch31*, Jan Dürig32*, Alexander Stehle33*, Matthias C. Voehringer, MD34*, Sebastian Böttcher35*, Clemens Schulte36*, Florian Simon, MD37*, Anna-Maria Fink, MD3*, Kirsten Fischer, MD3*, Emily Holmes38*, Karl-Anton Kreuzer37*, Monika Brüggemann, MD39*, Eugen Tausch, MD40*, Stephan Stilgenbauer, MD40, Michael Hallek, MD41*, Arnon P. Kater, MD, PhD42, Carsten Utoft Niemann, MD, PhD43* and Barbara F. Eichhorst, MD44
1Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf; German CLL Study Group, University of Cologne, Koeln, Germany
2Department II of Internal Medicine, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
3Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf; German CLL Study Group, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
4Clinic for Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
5German CLL Study Group, Cologne, NRW, DEU
62nd Department of Internal Medicine, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Ki, Kiel, DEU
7Division of Hematology, Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland, Luzern, CHE
8Department of Haematology, Beaumont Hospital, RCSI, Cancer Trials Ireland, Dublin, Dublin, IRL
9Department of Medicine I, Division of Hematology & Hemostaseology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
10Hematology, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Haifa, ISR
11Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Hematology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
12Lund Stem Cell Center Lund University & Hospital, Lund, Sweden
13University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
14Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, Dordrecht, NLD
15Rigshospitalet, Cohagenpen, DNK
16Division of CLL, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
17Department of Hematology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ISR
18St. James's Hospital, Dublin, IRL
19Clinic of Hematology, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
20Hematology, Muensterlingen, CHE
21Division of Medicine I, Klinik Ottakring, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, AUT
22Department of Hematology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark, Roskilde, DNK
23Department of Hematology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, Aalborg, DNK
24Department of Hematology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
25Herlev Hospital, Herlev, DNK
26Department of Internal Medicine, Reinier The Graaf Hospital, Delft, Delft, NLD
27VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NLD
28Jeroen Bosch hospital, Den Bosch, Netherlands
29Northwest Clinics, Alkmaar, NLD
30Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NLD
31University of Cologne, Cologne, DEU
32Department for Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany, Essen, DEU
33Department of Hematology and Oncology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
34Robert Bosch Krankenhaus, Onkologie, Stuttgart, Germany, DEU
35Department of Medicine III Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, University Hospital, Rostock, Germany
36Gemeinschaftspraxis für Hämatologie und Onkologie, Dortmund, Dortmund, DEU
37Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf; German CLL Study Group, University of Cologne, Cologne, Cologne, DEU
38German CLL Study Group, University of Cologne, Cologne, Cologne, Germany
39Clinic for Internal Medicine II - Haematology, Oncology, University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
40Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of CLL, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
41Faculty of Medicine and Cologne University Hospital, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Cologne, Germany
42Department of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
43Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
44University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany