About the Authors

Daniel Wittschieber

Affiliations Institute of Pathology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany, Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Frederick Klauschen

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Anna-Christin Kimmritz

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Moritz von Winterfeld

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Carsten Kamphues

Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Hans-Joachim Scholman

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Andreas Erbersdobler

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Heidi Pfeiffer

Affiliation Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Carsten Denkert

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Manfred Dietel

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Wilko Weichert

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Jan Budczies

Contributed equally to this work with: Jan Budczies, Albrecht Stenzinger

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Albrecht Stenzinger

Contributed equally to this work with: Jan Budczies, Albrecht Stenzinger

albrecht.stenzinger@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliations Institute of Pathology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DW JB AS. Performed the experiments: DW ACK AS. Analyzed the data: DW AS FK ACK MvW CK HJS AE CD WW JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB CK. Designed the study and wrote the first draft of the manuscript: DW AS. Contributed to writing of the manuscript: DW AS JB FK AE HP CD MD WW.