About the Authors

Raoul A. Droeser

Contributed equally to this work with: Raoul A. Droeser, Christian Hirt, Luigi Terracciano, Giulio C. Spagnoli

rdroeser@uhbs.ch e-mail

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, Institute of Surgical Research and Hospital Management (ICFS) and Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Switzerland

Christian Hirt

Contributed equally to this work with: Raoul A. Droeser, Christian Hirt, Luigi Terracciano, Giulio C. Spagnoli

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, Institute of Surgical Research and Hospital Management (ICFS) and Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Switzerland

Serenella Eppenberger-Castori

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Inti Zlobec

Affiliation Institute for Pathology, University of Bern, Switzerland

Carsten T. Viehl

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Daniel M. Frey

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Christian A. Nebiker

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Raffaele Rosso

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Switzerland

Markus Zuber

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Olten, Switzerland

Francesca Amicarella

Affiliation Institute of Surgical Research and Hospital Management (ICFS) and Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Switzerland

Giandomenica Iezzi

Affiliation Institute of Surgical Research and Hospital Management (ICFS) and Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Switzerland

Giuseppe Sconocchia

Affiliation Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council, Rome, Italy

Michael Heberer

Affiliation Institute of Surgical Research and Hospital Management (ICFS) and Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Switzerland

Alessandro Lugli

Affiliation Institute for Pathology, University of Bern, Switzerland

Luigi Tornillo

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Daniel Oertli

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Luigi Terracciano

Contributed equally to this work with: Raoul A. Droeser, Christian Hirt, Luigi Terracciano, Giulio C. Spagnoli

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Giulio C. Spagnoli

Contributed equally to this work with: Raoul A. Droeser, Christian Hirt, Luigi Terracciano, Giulio C. Spagnoli

Affiliation Institute of Surgical Research and Hospital Management (ICFS) and Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAD CH L. Terracciano G. Spagnoli. Performed the experiments: FA GI G. Sconocchia IZ. Analyzed the data: L. Terracciano L. Tornillo G. Spagnoli MH SEC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: L. Terracciano L. Tornillo G. Spagnoli MH IZ SEC. Wrote the paper: RAD CH FA GI G. Sconocchia L. Terracciano L. Tornillo G. Spagnoli MH IZ SEC CTV DMF CAN RR MZ DO AL. Provided histopathological expertise: L. Tornillo AL.