About the Authors

Ulrike Haug

u.haug@dkfz.de

Affiliation Epidemiological Cancer Registry Baden-Wuerttemberg, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Susanne Engel

Affiliation WINEG – Scientific Institute of the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) for Benefit and Efficiency in Health Care, Hamburg, Germany

Frank Verheyen

Affiliation WINEG – Scientific Institute of the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) for Benefit and Efficiency in Health Care, Hamburg, Germany

Roland Linder

Affiliation WINEG – Scientific Institute of the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) for Benefit and Efficiency in Health Care, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UH SE RL. Analyzed the data: SE. Wrote the paper: UH. Critical revision of the manuscript: SE RL FV.