About the Authors

Thomas Mühlenberg

thomas.muehlenberg@uni-due.de

Affiliations Dept. of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Sarcoma Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Susanne Grunewald

Affiliations Dept. of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Sarcoma Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Jürgen Treckmann

Affiliations Sarcoma Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Dept. of Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Lars Podleska

Affiliations Sarcoma Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Dept. of Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Martin Schuler

Affiliations Dept. of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany

Jonathan A. Fletcher

Affiliation Dept. of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sebastian Bauer

Affiliations Dept. of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Sarcoma Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TM SB. Performed the experiments: TM SG. Analyzed the data: TM SB MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JT LP. Wrote the paper: TM SB JF.