Justin Ferdinandus, MD1,2*, Helen Kaul, Dipl.-Math.3,4*, Alexander Fosså, MD, PhD5*, Andreas Hüttmann, MD6*, Felix Keil, MD7,8*, Yon-Dschun Ko, MD9*, Felicitas Hitz10,11*, Michaela Schwarz12*, Corinna Trenker, MD13*, Andrea Kerkhoff, MD14*, Peter Staib15*, Kai Wille, MD16*, Irmgard Dresel17*, Dennis Hahn18*, Bernd Hertenstein, MD19*, Peter Moosmann11,20*, Ulrich Mey, MD, Prof.11,21, Stefan Balabanov, MD, PhD11,22*, Tasman Armytage, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, FRCPA23,24*, Fernando Roncolato25,26*, Johannes Christian Hellmuth, MD27*, Stefanie Kreissl28*, Michael Fuchs, MD1,3*, Gundolf Schneider, MSc1,3*, Hishan Tharmaseelan, MD1,29*, Dennis A Eichenauer, MD1,3*, Bastian von Tresckow1,30, Peter Borchmann, MD1,31 and Paul J. Bröckelmann, MD1,31*
1German Hodgkin Study Group, Cologne, Germany
2University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, and Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), Cologne, Germany
3Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University of Cologne, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
4German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG), Cologne, Germany
5Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
6Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center and German Cancer consortium (DKTK partner site Essen), University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, NRW, DEU
7Department of Haematology, Hanusch Krankenhaus, Wien, AUT
8Austrian Group of Medical Tumor Therapy (AGMT) Study Group, Vienna, Austria
9Department of Internal Medicine, Johanniter Hospital, Bonn, Germany
10Department of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, Winterthur, CHE
11Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK), Bern, Switzerland
12Department of Hematology, Campus Virchow Clinic, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, DEU
13Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg and University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Campus Marburg, Marburg, DEU
14Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
15Department of Hematology and Oncology, St Antonius Hospital Eschweiler, Eschweiler, DEU
16University of Bochum, University Clinic For Hematology and Oncology Minden, Bochum, Germany
17Department of Hematology, Ortenau Klinikum, Offenburg, Germany
18Department of Hematology, Oncology, Stem-Cell Transplantation and Palliative Care, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
19Department of Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Bremen Mitte, Bremen, Germany
20Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Zurich, Zurich, CHE
21Oncology and Hematology, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland
22Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
23Gosford Hospital, Gosford, Australia
24Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group (ALLG), Melbourne, Australia
25The Australasian Leukaemia & Lymphoma Group (ALLG), Melbourne, Australia
26St George Hospital, Kogarah, Australia
27Department of Medicine III, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
28Hospital Ordensklinikum Linz, Linz, Austria
29Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Cologne, Germany
30Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center and German Cancer consortium (DKTK partner site Essen), University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
31University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, and Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), and German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG), Cologne, Germany