About the Authors

Eric Dominic Roessner

Contributed equally to this work with: Eric Dominic Roessner, Mario Vitacolonna

eric.roessner@googlemail.com

Affiliation Division of Surgical Oncology and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

Mario Vitacolonna

Contributed equally to this work with: Eric Dominic Roessner, Mario Vitacolonna

Affiliation Division of Surgical Oncology and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

Peter Hohenberger

Affiliation Division of Surgical Oncology and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ER PH. Performed the experiments: MV. Analyzed the data: ER MV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ER MV PH. Wrote the paper: ER MV PH.