About the Authors

Joern Henze

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Sarcoma Center, West German Cancer Center, University Duisburg-Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany

Thomas Mühlenberg

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Sarcoma Center, West German Cancer Center, University Duisburg-Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany

Susanne Simon

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Sarcoma Center, West German Cancer Center, University Duisburg-Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany

Florian Grabellus

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Neuropathology, Sarcoma Center, West German Cancer Center, University Duisburg-Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany

Brian Rubin

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Anatomic Pathology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Georg Taeger

Affiliation Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Sarcoma Center, West German Cancer Center, University Duisburg-Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany

Martin Schuler

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Sarcoma Center, West German Cancer Center, University Duisburg-Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany

Juergen Treckmann

Affiliation Department of Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Sarcoma Center, West German Cancer Center, University Duisburg-Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany

Maria Debiec-Rychter

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Takahiro Taguchi

Affiliation Division of Human Health and Medical Science, Graduate School of Kuroshio Science, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

Jonathan A. Fletcher

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sebastian Bauer

sebastian.bauer@uk-essen.de

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Sarcoma Center, West German Cancer Center, University Duisburg-Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH TM SS BR JF SB. Performed the experiments: JH TM SS BR JF. Analyzed the data: JH TM SS BR JF SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG GT JT MDR TT. Wrote the paper: JH SB. Provided scientific editing: TM SS MS FG GT JT MDR BR JF.