About the Authors

Jochen Neuhaus

Contributed equally to this work with: Jochen Neuhaus, Eric Schiffer

jochen.neuhaus@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliation University of Leipzig, Department of Urology, Leipzig, Germany

Eric Schiffer

Contributed equally to this work with: Jochen Neuhaus, Eric Schiffer

Affiliation Mosaiques Diagnostics GmbH, Hannover, Germany

Philine von Wilcke

Affiliation University of Leipzig, Department of Urology, Leipzig, Germany

Hartwig W. Bauer

Affiliation Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Urology Maximilianstrasse, Munich, Germany

Hing Leung

Affiliation Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Justyna Siwy

Affiliation Mosaiques Diagnostics GmbH, Hannover, Germany

Wolfram Ulrici

Affiliation Medical Practice, Leipzig, Germany

Uwe Paasch

Affiliation University of Leipzig, Department of Dermatology, Leipzig, Germany

Lars-Christian Horn

Affiliation University of Leipzig, Department of Pathology, Leipzig, Germany

Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg

Affiliation University of Leipzig, Department of Urology, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

ES and JS are employees of Mosaiques Diagnostics GmbH. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JN ES JUS. Performed the experiments: JN ES PW. Analyzed the data: JN ES JS PW LCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JUS HWB HL WU. Wrote the paper: JN ES. Obtaining funding: ES JUS JN. Administrative support: UP.