About the Authors

Carina Roth

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Isabel Stückrath

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Klaus Pantel

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Jakob R. Izbicki

Affiliation General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery Department and Clinic, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Michael Tachezy

Affiliation General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery Department and Clinic, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Heidi Schwarzenbach

hschwarz@uke.uni-hamburg.de

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS. Performed the experiments: CR IS. Analyzed the data: HS CR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT JI. Wrote the paper: HS CR KP.