About the Authors

Robert Fred Henry Walter

robert.walter@ruhrlandklinik.uk-essen.de

Affiliations Ruhrlandklinik, West German Lung Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Robert Werner

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Helios Klinikum Emil von Behring, Berlin, Germany

Claudia Vollbrecht

Affiliations German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), partnersite Berlin, Germany, Charité - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Institute of Pathology, Berlin, Germany, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Thomas Hager

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Elena Flom

Affiliation Ruhrlandklinik, West German Lung Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Daniel Christian Christoph

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Jan Schmeller

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Kurt Werner Schmid

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Jeremias Wohlschlaeger

Affiliations Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Institute of Pathology, Ev.-Luth. Diakonissenkrankenhaus Flensburg, Flensburg, Germany

Fabian Dominik Mairinger

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RFHW FDM DCC KWS JW. Formal analysis: CV RW RFHW FDM JS TH EF DCC. Investigation: RFHW RW FDM. Resources: KWS JW TH DCC. Supervision: JW KWS. Writing – original draft: RFHW FDM EF JW CV JS. Writing – review & editing: JW KWS DCC.