American Association of Blood Banks American Cancer Society American College of Physicians American Medical Association American Pain Society ASCO American Society of Clinical Oncology American Society of Hematology ASTRO American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology British Society of Haematology Center for Diseases Control - Atlanta, USA Food & Drug Administration, USA UICC International Union Against Cancer WHO World Health Organization (Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità) National Institutes of Health - USA ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group EBMT European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation EORTC European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer IOSG The International Oncology Study Group NCIC-CTG National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group SWOG Southwest Oncology Group