About the Authors

Helen Schneck

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

Berthold Gierke

Affiliation NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tuebingen, Reutlingen, Germany

Frauke Uppenkamp

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

Bianca Behrens

Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital and Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

Dieter Niederacher

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

Nikolas H. Stoecklein

Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital and Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

Markus F. Templin

Affiliation NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tuebingen, Reutlingen, Germany

Michael Pawlak

Affiliation NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tuebingen, Reutlingen, Germany

Tanja Fehm

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

Hans Neubauer

Hans.Neubauer@med.uni-duesseldorf.de

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

Disseminated Cancer Cell Network (DCC Net) Duesseldorf

Membership of the Disseminated Cancer Cell Network (DCC Net) is listed in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS MP HN. Performed the experiments: HS BG FU. Analyzed the data: HS MP HN BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DN MP MFT TF NHS. Wrote the paper: HS NHS HN. Performed aCGH and analyzed data: BB.