About the Authors

Philip Klepeisz

Affiliation Department of Inner Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Sandra Sagmeister

Affiliation Department of Inner Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Verena Haudek-Prinz

Affiliations Department of Inner Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Melanie Pichlbauer

Affiliation Department of Inner Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Bettina Grasl-Kraupp

Affiliation Department of Inner Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Christopher Gerner

christopher.gerner@univie.ac.at

Affiliations Department of Inner Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CG BGK VHP SS. Performed the experiments: PK CG SS MP. Analyzed the data: CG PK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CG BGK. Wrote the manuscript: CG BGK PK.