Acknowledgements
The authors thank all the patients and their families for participating in the study, nurses, and clinical research coordinators.
Potential conflict of interest
Disclosure forms provided by the authors are available with the full text of this article at http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10428194.2016.1138295.
Funding information
This work was supported by a Specialized Center of Research Program Award (GCNCR0314A-UTAH to M.W.D) from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and by The V Foundation for Cancer Research (to M.W.D). S.K.T is a recipient of 2013 Research Training Award for Fellows from the American Society of Hematology (ASH). J.S.K is a Special Fellow of the LLS and was supported by a Translational Research Training in Hematology Award from the ASH.