About the Authors

J. Luis Espinoza

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Akiyoshi Takami

takami@med3.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Katsuya Nakata

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Makoto Onizuka

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan

Takakazu Kawase

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Research Center, Nagoya, Japan

Hideki Akiyama

Affiliation Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Koichi Miyamura

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Yasuo Morishima

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Research Center, Nagoya, Japan

Takahiro Fukuda

Affiliation Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshihisa Kodera

Affiliation Department of Promotion for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Aichi Medical University, Nagoya, Japan

Shinji Nakao

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

for the Japan Marrow Donor Program

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLE AT. Performed the experiments: JLE KN. Analyzed the data: AT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT MO HA KM YM TF YK SN TK. Wrote the paper: AT JLE.