Cytomorphology review of 100 newly diagnosed lower-risk MDS patients in the European LeukemiaNet MDS (EUMDS) registry reveals a high inter-observer concordance.

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Published in Ann Hematol on May 20, 2017

Authors

Louise de Swart1, Alex Smith2, Marius MacKenzie1, Argiris Symeonidis3, Judith Neukirchen4, Dana Mikulenková5, Teresa Vallespí6, Gina Zini7, Malgorzata Paszkowska-Kowalewska8, Anton Kruger9, Leonie Saft10, Pierre Fenaux11, David Bowen12, Eva Hellström-Lindberg13, Jaroslav Čermák5, Reinhard Stauder14, Aurelia Tatic15, Mette Skov Holm16, Luca Malcovati17, Krzysztof Mądry8, Jackie Droste1, Nicole Blijlevens1, Theo de Witte18, Ulrich Germing4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Haematology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
2: Epidemiology and Cancer Statistics Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK.
3: Department of Medicine, Division of Haematology, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece.
4: Department of Haematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, Universitätsklinik Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
5: Department of Clinical Haematology, Institution of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Praha, Czech Republic.
6: Department of Haematology, Haematological Cytogenetics Unit, University Hospital of Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
7: Haematology Institute, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
8: Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Warszawa Medical University, Warszawa, Poland.
9: Department of Haematology, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK.
10: Department of Pathology and Cytology, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
11: Service d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) and Université Paris 7, Paris, France.
12: St. James's Institute of Oncology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK.
13: Department of Medicine, Division of Haematology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
14: Department of Internal Medicine V (Haematology and Oncology), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
15: Centre of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
16: Department of Haematology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
17: Department of Haematology Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
18: Department of Tumor Immunology - Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre (TIL, 278), P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Theo.deWitte@Radboudumc.nl.

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