About the Authors
- Angelika Bezan
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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
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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
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† Deceased.
Affiliation Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Thomas Bauernhofer
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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
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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
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Georg C. Hutterer
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Karl Pummer
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Thomas Gary
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Affiliation Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
- Hellmut Samonigg
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Joerg Beyer
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Affiliation Department of Oncology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Thomas Winder
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Affiliation Department of Oncology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Thomas Hermanns
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Affiliation Department of Urology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Christian D. Fankhauser
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* E-mail: christian.fankhauser@usz.ch (CDF); armin.gerger@medunigraz.at (AG)
Affiliation Department of Urology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Armin Gerger
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* E-mail: 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
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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.