About the Authors

Birgit Spiess

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

birgit.spiess@medma.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Sébastien Rinaldetti

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Nicole Naumann

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Norbert Galuschek

Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Ute Kossak-Roth

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Patrick Wuchter

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Irina Tarnopolscaia

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Diana Rose

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Astghik Voskanyan

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Alice Fabarius

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Wolf-Karsten Hofmann

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Susanne Saußele

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Wolfgang Seifarth

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Competing Interests

SS received honoraria from Novartis Pharma GmbH, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), Pfizer, ARIAD and research funding from Novartis Pharma GmbH and BMS. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The funders had no role in study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data; writing of the paper and/or decision to submit for publication. We further acknowledge financial support by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within the funding programme Open Access Publishing, by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts and by Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg.