About the Authors

Claudia E. Rübe

Affiliation Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

Jan Palm

Affiliation Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

Michael Erren

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Jochen Fleckenstein

Affiliation Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

Jochem König

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Klaus Remberger

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

Christian Rübe

claudia.ruebe@uniklinik-saarland.de

Affiliation Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CER CR. Performed the experiments: JP ME. Analyzed the data: CER JP JF JK KR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CER ME KR CR. Wrote the paper: CER. Provided and analysed tumour biopsies: KR. Statistical analysis: JK. Supporting protocol monitoring and reviewing radiation toxicities: JF.