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Total body irradiation after high-dose cytarabine in mantle cell lymphoma: a comparison of Nordic MCL2, HOVON-45, and European MCL Younger trials

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  1. M Dreyling and O Hermine: These authors contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany

    E Hoster, M Unterhalt & M Dreyling

  2. Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    E Hoster

  3. Hematology Department, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

    C H Geisler

  4. Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    J Doorduijn & M van't Veer

  5. HOVON Data Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute - Clinical Trial Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    B van der Holt

  6. Department of Lymphoid Malignancies, The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Institute and Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland

    J Walewski & M Szymczyk

  7. Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    J Bloehdorn

  8. Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France

    V Ribrag

  9. Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard, Pierre Bénite, France

    G Salles

  10. Department I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    M Hallek

  11. Second Medical Department, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    C Pott

  12. Oncology Department, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway

    A Kolstad

  13. Department of Oncology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

    A Laurell

  14. Department of Hematology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

    R Räty

  15. Department of Oncology, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

    M Jerkeman

  16. Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    J C Kluin-Nelemans

  17. Department of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    W Klapper

  18. Department of Hematology, Hôpital Necker, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France

    O Hermine

  19. INSERM U1163 and CNRS 8254, Imagine Institute, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

    O Hermine

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WK has received grants and travel reimbursement from Roche, Celgene, Janssen, Novartis and Takeda/Millenium not related to the project and paid to the institution. All other authors declare no competing financial interests.

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EH, CHG, JD, MU, MD and OH designed and performed research, CHG, JD, BvdH, JW, JB, VR, GS, MH, CP, MS, AK, AL, RR, MJ, MvV, JCK-N, WK, MU, MD and OH acquired data, EH performed statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript, EH, CHG, MD and OH interpreted data, all authors revised the manuscript and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Hoster, E., Geisler, C., Doorduijn, J. et al. Total body irradiation after high-dose cytarabine in mantle cell lymphoma: a comparison of Nordic MCL2, HOVON-45, and European MCL Younger trials. Leukemia 30, 1428–1430 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2015.322

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