Silvia Mangiacavalli, MD1*, Daniele Derudas2*, Angelo Belotti, MD3*, Elena Zamagni, MD, PhD4*, Laura Paris5*, Vincenzo Pavone, MD6*, Roberto Mina, MD7*, Nicola Di Renzo, MD8*, Francesca Fazio, MD, PhD9*, Giuseppe Tarantini, MD10*, Sara Pezzatti11*, Gaetano Palumbo12*, Magda Marcatti13*, Jolanda Donatella Vincelli, MD14*, Anna Maria Cafro, MD15*, Antonietta Pia Falcone, MD, PhD16*, Renato Zambello, MD17*, Concetta Conticello, MD18*, Rita Mazza, MD19*, Francesco Di Raimondo, MD20, Alessandra Pompa21*, Enrica Antonia Martino, MD22*, Fortunato Morabito23*, Paola Stefanoni24*, Gregorio Barila, MD, PhD25*, Francesca Farina13*, Claudio Salvatore Cartia, MD26*, Andrea Casson, MD27*, Virginia Ferretti28*, Eleonora Fresi28*, Luca Arcaini26,29*, Maria Teresa Petrucci9* and Massimo Gentile, MD22*
1Department of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
2SC di Ematologia e CTMO, Ospedale Oncologico di Riferimento Regionale "A. Businco", ARNAS "G. Brotzu", Cagliari, Italy
3Department of Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
4IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia Seràgnoli, Bologna, Italy
5ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
6Hematology Unit, Azienda C. Panico, Tricase, Italy
7Division of Hematology 1, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino and Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
8Haematology, Ospedale V. Fazzi, Lecce, Italy, Lecce, Italy
9Division of Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy
10Haematology, Ospedale "Mons. Dimiccoli", Barletta, Italy
11Department of Hematology and Transplantation, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Monza ASST-Monza, St Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
12Department of Hematology, Hospital University Riuniti, Foggia, Italy, Foggia, ITA
13IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
14Hematology Unit, Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy Department, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89124 Reggio Calabria, RC, Italy, REGGIO CALABRIA, ITA
15Department of Hematology, GOM Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Milan, ITA
16Hematology, IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Hospital, Foggia, Italy
17Department of Medicine (DIMED), Hematology and Clinical Immunology section, Padua University School of Medicine, Padova, Italy
18Division of Hematology, Azienda Policlinico-S.Marco, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
19Department of Oncology and Hematology, Humanitas Cancer Center, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy
20Haematology, A.O.U. Policlinico “G. Rodolico-San Marco”, Catania, Italy
21Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Fondazione Ca'Granda IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, Milano, ITA
22Department of Onco-Hematology, Hematology Unit AO of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
23Biothecnology Research Unit, AO of Cosenza, Cosenza, ITA
24Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
25Haematology, Ospedale dell’Angelo, Mestre-Venezia, Italy, Mestre-Venezia, Italy
26Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
27Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
28Unit of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy
29Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia and Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy