About the Authors

Barbara Wappenschmidt

Contributed equally to this work with: Barbara Wappenschmidt, Alexandra A. Becker

Affiliations Division of Molecular Gynaeco-Oncology, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Alexandra A. Becker

Contributed equally to this work with: Barbara Wappenschmidt, Alexandra A. Becker

Affiliations Division of Molecular Gynaeco-Oncology, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Jan Hauke

Affiliations Division of Molecular Gynaeco-Oncology, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Ute Weber

Affiliations Division of Molecular Gynaeco-Oncology, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Stefanie Engert

Affiliation Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Klinikum rechts der Isar at the Technical University, Munich, Germany

Juliane Köhler

Affiliations Division of Molecular Gynaeco-Oncology, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Karin Kast

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Norbert Arnold

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany

Kerstin Rhiem

Affiliations Division of Molecular Gynaeco-Oncology, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Eric Hahnen

Affiliations Division of Molecular Gynaeco-Oncology, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Alfons Meindl

Affiliation Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Klinikum rechts der Isar at the Technical University, Munich, Germany

Rita K. Schmutzler

Rita.Schmutzler@uk-koeln.de

Affiliations Division of Molecular Gynaeco-Oncology, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BW AB JH EH AM RKS. Performed the experiments: AB JH UW JK EH. Analyzed the data: BW AB JH KR EH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SE KK NA KR AM RKS. Wrote the paper: BW AB EH RKS.