About the Authors

Angelika Bezan

Affiliations Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Research Unit Genetic Epidemiology and Pharmacogenetics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Florian Posch

Affiliations Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Research Unit Genetic Epidemiology and Pharmacogenetics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Ferdinand Ploner

† Deceased.

Affiliation Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Thomas Bauernhofer

Affiliations Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Center for Biomarker Research in Medicine (CBmed), Graz, Austria

Martin Pichler

Affiliations Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Joanna Szkandera

Affiliation Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Georg C. Hutterer

Affiliation Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Karl Pummer

Affiliation Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Thomas Gary

Affiliation Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

Hellmut Samonigg

Affiliation Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Joerg Beyer

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Thomas Winder

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Thomas Hermanns

Affiliation Department of Urology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Christian D. Fankhauser

christian.fankhauser@usz.ch (CDF); armin.gerger@medunigraz.at (AG)

Affiliation Department of Urology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Armin Gerger

christian.fankhauser@usz.ch (CDF); armin.gerger@medunigraz.at (AG)

Affiliations Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Research Unit Genetic Epidemiology and Pharmacogenetics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Center for Biomarker Research in Medicine (CBmed), Graz, Austria

Michael Stotz

Affiliations Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Research Unit Genetic Epidemiology and Pharmacogenetics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AB AG MS F. Posch F. Ploner MP JS TB TG HS KP GCH. Data curation: F. Posch AB CDF TH. Formal analysis: F. Posch F. Ploner AB MS AG JB CDF TH. Investigation: AB F. Posch CDF. Methodology: AG MS TB AB F. Posch F. Ploner CDF TH TW JB HS. Project administration: AG MS TG JB HS KP. Resources: AB F. Posch CDF JS GCH KP TG HS JB. Software: F. Posch AB CDF TH. Supervision: AG MS MP TB TH GCH KP TW JB HS. Validation: CDF TH JB TW. Visualization: AB F. Posch CDF TH. Writing – original draft: AB F. Posch F. Ploner TB MP JS GCH KP TG HS JB TW TH CDF AG MS. Writing – review & editing: AB AG MS F. Posch F. Ploner MP JS TB TG HS KP GCH JB TW CDF TH.