Inwald, E. C. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8731-8481
Kowalski, C.
Wesselmann, S.
Ferencz, J.
Ortmann, O.
Article History
Received: 10 January 2019
Accepted: 26 April 2019
First Online: 6 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: SW and CK are employees of the German Cancer Society and JF is an employee of the OnkoZert certification institute. OO is the President of the German Cancer Society. OO has received research funding and advisory board honoraria from pharmaceutical companies that are not related to the research presented here. A full list will be provided by the corresponding author upon request. ECI declares that she has no conflict of interest.
: The study used data from the oncological certification program of the German Cancer Society. Data are collected during the certification process using anonymized data regarding clinical parameters as well as quality indicators. Informed consent is automatically obtained from the patients by signing the hospital treatment contract. Therefore, the Local Ethical Committee of the University of Regensburg stated that an ethical vote was not necessary.