Kazuyuki Shimada¹, Pier L. Zinzani², Akihiro Tomita¹, Kenichi Ishizawa³, Shinichiro Okamoto⁴, Itaru Matsumura⁵, Yoshinobu Maeda⁶, Koji Kato⁷, Akira Wakana⁸, Eunhee Kim⁹, Mohammed Farooqui⁹, Akash Nahar⁹, Takashi Shimamoto⁸, Yasuhiro Koh⁸, Craig H. Moskowitz¹⁰, Takanori Teshima¹¹ (1.Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 2.Institute of Hematology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italian Republic, 3.Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan, 4.Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, 5.Kindai University, Osaka, Japan, 6.Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, 7.Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 8.MSD K.K., Tokyo, Japan, 9.Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, United States of America, 10.University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, United States of America, 11.Hokkaido University Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan)

Yuki Osada¹, Akihiko Nishijima¹, Atsushi Hamamura¹, Kensuke Narukawa¹, Hina Takano², Gaku Oshikawa¹ (1.Department of Hematology, Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, 2.Department of Transfusion, Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital, Tokyo, Japan)

Mototaka Hattori¹, Yukiko Komeno¹, Akiko Kobayashi³, Masami Ozu¹, Keiko Abe², Tomiko Ryu¹ (1.Hematology, JCHO Tokyo Yamate Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, 2.Pathology, JCHO Tokyo Yamate Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, 3.Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan)

Yuka Ishii, Shinya Fujita, Jun Ichikawa, Ryo Saito, Akiko Konishi, Hideaki Yoshimura, Masaaki Hotta, Takahisa Nakanishi, Aya Nakaya, Atsushi Satake, Michihiko Miyaji, Yoshiko Azuma, Yukie Tsubokura, Tomoki Ito, Kazuyoshi Ishii, Shosaku Nomura (First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Med. Univ., Osaka, Japan)

Kazushi Tanimoto, Hiroaki Asai, Yuichi Ikeda, Toshiki Ochi, Kazuto Takeuchi, Jun Yamanouchi, Takaaki Hato, Katsuto Takenaka (The First Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime Univ., Ehime, Japan)

Yasuhito Terui¹, Dai Maruyama², Kazuhito Yamamoto³, Noriko Fukuhara⁴, Ilseung Choi⁵, Junya Kuroda⁶, Kiyoshi Ando⁷, Akira Hattori⁸, Kensei Tobinai² (1.Cancer Inst. Hosp. JFCR, Tokyo, Japan, 2.Natl. Cancer Ctr. Hosp., Tokyo, Japan, 3.Aichi Cancer Ctr., Nagoya, Japan, 4.Tohoku Univ. Grad. Sch. Med., Sendai, Japan, 5.NHO Kyushu Cancer Ctr., Fukuoka, Japan, 6.Kyoto Pref. Univ. Med., Kyoto, Japan, 7.Tokai Univ., Isehara, Japan, 8.Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan)