Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy

ISSN: 2531-1379

Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy is a quarterly scientific publication of the Associação Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular (ABHH), Associazione Italo-Brasiliana di Ematologia (AIBE), Eurasian Hematology Oncology Group (EHOG), and Sociedade Brasileira de Oncologia Pediátrica (SOBOPE).

Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy publishes original articles, review articles and case reports covering various areas in the field of hematology and hemotherapy. The journal was previously published, until 2016, as Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia.

ISSN print: 2531-1379
ISSN online: 2531-1387

Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Consensus of the Brazilian association of hematology, hemotherapy and cellular therapy on patient blood management.

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Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Eduardo Magalhães Rego, MD, PhD

University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Deputy Editor

Erich Vinicius de Paula, MD, PhD

Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CAMPINAS, Brazil

Associate Editors

Alfredo Mendrone Jr, MD, PhD

Medical Coordination, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Behnaz Bayat, PhD

Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Gießen, Germany

Belinda Pinto Simões, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Carla Dinardo, MD, PhD

Fundacao Pro Sangue Hemocentro de Sao Paulo, SAO PAULO, Brazil

Carlos Sergio Chiattone, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Carmino Antonio de Souza, MD, PhD

Center for Hematology and Hemotherapy (Hemocentro), Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CAMPINAS, Brazil

Dante Mario Langhi Junior, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas da Santa Casa de Sao Paulo Departamento de Saude Coletiva, São Paulo, Brazil

Dimas Tadeu Covas, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Douglas Silveira, MD, PhD

King's College London, Myeloid Leukaemia Genomics and Biology Group, London, United Kingdom

Elvira Deolinda Rodrigues Pereira Velloso, MD, PhD

Department of Hematology and Hemotherapy, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Fabiola Traina, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Helio Moraes de Souza, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brazil

Henrique Bittencourt, MD, PhD

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Departement de Hematologie - Oncologie, Montreal, Canada

Irene Lorand-Metze, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CAMPINAS, Brazil

Jane S. Hankins, MD

St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, United States of America

José Orlando Bordin, MD, PhD

Department of Medicine, Hematology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SAO PAULO, Brazil

Kleber Yotsumoto Fertrin, MD, PhD

University of Washington Division of Hematology, Seattle, United States of America

Luis Fernando Bouzas, MD, PhD

Coordination of the Centro de Transplante de Medula Óssea (CEMO), Instituto Nacional de Câncer, RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil

Marcelo Pasquini, MD

Scientific Board Director, Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Milwaukee, United States of America

Marcio Nucci, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil

Marcos Borato Viana, MD, PhD

Department of Pediatrics, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Marcos de Lima, MD

Board for the Programs on Hematologic Malignancy and Bone Marrow Transplant, UH Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, United States of America

Margareth Castro Ozelo, MD, PhD

Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CAMPINAS, Brazil

Maria Helena Pitombeira, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal do Ceará, FORTALEZA, Brazil

Maria Stella Figueiredo, MD, PhD

Division of Hematology and Hemotherapy, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SAO PAULO, Brazil

Marilda De Souza Gonçalves, PhD

Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Muniz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, SALVADOR, Brazil

Marisa B. Marques, MD

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Pathology, Birmingham, United States of America

Nelson Hamerschlak, MD, PhD

Coordination of the Postgraduate Program in Hematology and Hemotherapy, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, SAO PAULO, Brazil

Nelson Spector, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil

Nicola Conran, PhD

Hemocentro, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CAMPINAS, Brazil

Paulo Sérgio da Silva Santos, MD, PhD

Division of Surgery (Stomach and Radiology), Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, Universidade de São Paulo, BAURU, Brazil

Roberto Passetto Falcao, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Sara Teresinha Olalla Saad, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CAMPINAS, Brazil

Silvia Maria Meira Magalhães, MD, PhD

Hematology Service, Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, Universidade Federal do Ceará, FORTALEZA, Brazil

Rodrigo Tocantins Calado, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Vania Tietsche de Moraes Hungria, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, Brazil

Vanderson Rocha, MD, PhD

Division of Hematology and Hemotherapy, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Editorial Board

Alois Gratwohl, MD

Stem Cell Transplantation Team, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Alvaro Urbano-Ispizua, MD, PhD

Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Immunotherapy, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Andrea Bacigalupo, MD

Department of Radiotherapy, Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Roma, Italy

Angelo Maiolino, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil

Antonio Fabron Júnior, MD, PhD

Department of Hematology and Hemotherapy, Faculdade de Medicina de Marilia, MARILIA, Brazil

Christian Gisselbrecht, MD, PhD

Hematology Institute, Hôpitaux Universitaires Saint-Louis, Paris, France

Corrado Tarella, MD

Department of Clinical Hematogy and Oncology, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia , Milano, Italy

Daniel Tabak, MD, PhD

Center for Bone Marrow Transplantation, Instituto Nacional do Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

David Gómez Almaguer, MD, PhD

Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico

Elbio D'Amico, MD, PhD

Hematology Service, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Enric Carreras, MD, PhD

Department of Hemotherapy and Hemostasis, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Eugenia Maria Amorim Ubiali, MD, PhD

Hemocentro, Fundação Hemocentro de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Fernando Ferreira Costa, MD, PhD

Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CAMPINAS, Brazil

Frederico Luiz Dulley, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Gino Santini, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Hematology, Università degli Studi di Genova,, Genova, Italy

Guillermo Dighiero, MD, PhD

Board of Directors, Institut Pasteur, Montevideo, Uruguay

Guillermo Ruiz-Arguelles, MD

Board of Directors, Centro de Hematología y Medicina Interna de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

Jesus Fernando San Miguel, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical and Translational Medicine, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

João Carlos Pina Saraiva, MD, PhD

Technical Board, Centro de Hemoterapia e Hematologia do Pará, Belém, Brazil

Laércio de Melo, MD, PhD

External Quality Control Program in Immunohematology, Associação Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular, SAO PAULO, Brazil

Lílian Maria Castilho, MD, PhD

Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CAMPINAS, Brazil

Linamara Rizzo Battistella, MD, PhD

Department of Physiatry, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Lucia Mariano da Rocha Silla, MD, PhD

Clinical Hematology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil

Marcos Antonio Zago, MD, PhD

Biosciences Institute, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Maria de Lourdes Chauffaille, MD, PhD

Division of Hematology and Hemotherapy, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SAO PAULO, Brazil

Maria S. Pombo-de-Oliveira, MD, PhD

Senior Researcher, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil

Mario Cazzola, MD

Department of Hematology, IRCCS Fondazione San Matteo, Roma, Italy

Mary Evelyn Flowers, MD, PhD

Long-Term Follow-Up Clinical Service, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, USA

Nelson Abrahin Fraiji, MD, PhD

Department of Hematology, Fundação de Hematologia e Hemoterapia do Amazonas, Amazonas, Brazil

Nelson Chao, MD, MBA

Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, United States of America

Paul Ness, MD

Division of Transfusion Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States of America

Pedro Enrique Dhorlliac-Llacer, MD, PhD

Hematology Service and Blood Transfusion Division, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Paulo Cesar Naoum, PhD

Board of Directors, Academia de Ciência e Tecnologia de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil

Raul Gabus, MD

Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hospital Maciel, Montevideo, Uruguay

Raul Ribeiro, MD

Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis, United States of America

Ricardo Pasquini, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

Richard Burt, MD, PhD, Habil

Chief of Immunotherapy and Autoimmune Diseases, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, United States of America

Sergio A. Giralt, MD

Department of internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology and Medical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States of America

Vicente Odone Filho, MD, PhD

Department of Oncology/Hematology, Child's Institute, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Eduardo Magalhães Rego, MD, PhD

Deputy Editor

Erich Vinicius de Paula, MD, PhD

Associate Editors

Alfredo Mendrone Jr, MD, PhD

Behnaz Bayat, PhD

Belinda Pinto Simões, MD, PhD

Carla Dinardo, MD, PhD

Carlos Sergio Chiattone, MD, PhD

Carmino Antonio de Souza, MD, PhD

Dante Mario Langhi Junior, MD, PhD

Dimas Tadeu Covas, MD, PhD

Douglas Silveira, MD, PhD

Elvira Deolinda Rodrigues Pereira Velloso, MD, PhD

Fabiola Traina, MD, PhD

Helio Moraes de Souza, MD, PhD

Henrique Bittencourt, MD, PhD

Irene Lorand-Metze, MD, PhD

Jane S. Hankins, MD

José Orlando Bordin, MD, PhD

Kleber Yotsumoto Fertrin, MD, PhD

Luis Fernando Bouzas, MD, PhD

Marcelo Pasquini, MD

Marcio Nucci, MD, PhD

Marcos Borato Viana, MD, PhD

Marcos de Lima, MD

Margareth Castro Ozelo, MD, PhD

Maria Helena Pitombeira, MD, PhD

Maria Stella Figueiredo, MD, PhD

Marilda De Souza Gonçalves, PhD

Marisa B. Marques, MD

Nelson Hamerschlak, MD, PhD

Nelson Spector, MD, PhD

Nicola Conran, PhD

Paulo Sérgio da Silva Santos, MD, PhD

Roberto Passetto Falcao, MD, PhD

Sara Teresinha Olalla Saad, MD, PhD

Silvia Maria Meira Magalhães, MD, PhD

Rodrigo Tocantins Calado, MD, PhD

Vania Tietsche de Moraes Hungria, MD, PhD

Vanderson Rocha, MD, PhD

Editorial Board

Alois Gratwohl, MD

Alvaro Urbano-Ispizua, MD, PhD

Andrea Bacigalupo, MD

Angelo Maiolino, MD, PhD

Antonio Fabron Júnior, MD, PhD

Christian Gisselbrecht, MD, PhD

Corrado Tarella, MD

Daniel Tabak, MD, PhD

David Gómez Almaguer, MD, PhD

Elbio D'Amico, MD, PhD

Enric Carreras, MD, PhD

Eugenia Maria Amorim Ubiali, MD, PhD

Fernando Ferreira Costa, MD, PhD

Frederico Luiz Dulley, MD, PhD

Gino Santini, MD, PhD

Guillermo Dighiero, MD, PhD

Guillermo Ruiz-Arguelles, MD

Jesus Fernando San Miguel, MD, PhD

João Carlos Pina Saraiva, MD, PhD

Laércio de Melo, MD, PhD

Lílian Maria Castilho, MD, PhD

Linamara Rizzo Battistella, MD, PhD

Lucia Mariano da Rocha Silla, MD, PhD

Marcos Antonio Zago, MD, PhD

Maria de Lourdes Chauffaille, MD, PhD

Maria S. Pombo-de-Oliveira, MD, PhD

Mario Cazzola, MD

Mary Evelyn Flowers, MD, PhD

Nelson Abrahin Fraiji, MD, PhD

Nelson Chao, MD, MBA

Paul Ness, MD

Pedro Enrique Dhorlliac-Llacer, MD, PhD

Paulo Cesar Naoum, PhD

Raul Gabus, MD