About the Authors

Eva K Masel

eva.masel@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Palliative Care, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Anna Kitta

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Palliative Care, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Patrick Huber

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Palliative Care, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Tamara Rumpold

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Palliative Care, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Matthias Unseld

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Palliative Care, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Sophie Schur

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Palliative Care, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Edit Porpaczy

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Hematology and Hemostaseology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Herbert H Watzke

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Palliative Care, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EKM PH TR MU SS HHW. Performed the experiments: EKM PH TR MU SS HHW. Analyzed the data: EKM AK EP. Wrote the paper: EKM AK PH TR MU SS HHW.