About the Authors

Sumitra Mohan

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Ellen Heitzer

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Peter Ulz

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Ingrid Lafer

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Sigurd Lax

Affiliation Department of Pathology, General Hospital Graz West, Graz, Austria

Martina Auer

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Martin Pichler

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Armin Gerger

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Florian Eisner

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Gerald Hoefler

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Thomas Bauernhofer

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Jochen B. Geigl

jochen.geigl@medunigraz.at (JBG); michael.speicher@medunigraz.at (MRS)

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Michael R. Speicher

jochen.geigl@medunigraz.at (JBG); michael.speicher@medunigraz.at (MRS)

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM EH PU JBG MRS. Performed the experiments: SM EH PU MA. Analyzed the data: SM EH PU IL SL MA MP AG FE GH TB JBG MRS. Wrote the paper: SM EH PU IL MA GH TB JBG MRS. Provided blood samples and clinical data: MP AG FE TB. Review of the tumor material and corresponding DNA samples: SL TB.