Constantine S. Tam, M.B., B.S., M.D., Mary Ann Anderson, M.B., B.S., Ph.D., Christiane Pott, M.D., Ph.D., Rishu Agarwal, M.B., B.S., Sasanka Handunnetti, M.B., B.S., Rodney J. Hicks, M.B., B.S., Kate Burbury, M.B., B.S., Gillian Turner, B.N., M.I.P.H., Juliana Di Iulio, Ph.D., Mathias Bressel, M.Sc., David Westerman, M.B., B.S., Stephen Lade, M.B., B.S., Martin Dreyling, M.D., Sarah-Jane Dawson, M.B., B.S., Ph.D., Mark A. Dawson, M.B., B.S., Ph.D., John F. Seymour, M.B., B.S., Ph.D., and Andrew W. Roberts, M.B., B.S., Ph.D.
From the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC (C.S.T., M.A.A., R.A., S.H., R.J.H., K.B., G.T., J.D.I., M.B., D.W., S.L., S.-J.D., M.A.D., J.F.S., A.W.R.), and the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (C.S.T., M.A.A., R.A., S.H., R.J.H., K.B., D.W., S.-J.D., M.A.D., J.F.S., A.W.R.), the Faculty of Medicine (C.S.T., R.J.H., S.-J.D., M.A.D., J.F.S., A.W.R.) and Centre for Cancer Research (S.-J.D., M.A.D.), University of Melbourne, the Department of Clinical Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, the Royal Melbourne Hospital (C.S.T., M.A.A., K.B., J.F.S., A.W.R.), and the Division of Cancer and Haematology, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (M.A.A., A.W.R.), Parkville, VIC — all in Australia; and the University Hospital of Schleswig–Holstein, Kiel (C.P.), and Klinikum der Universität, Ludwig–Maximilian University of Munich, Munich (M.D.) — both in Germany. Address reprint requests to Dr. Tam at the Department of Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan St., Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia, or at constantine.tam@petermac.org.
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