Berger, Kerstin
Turowski, Bernd
Felsberg, Jörg
Malzkorn, Bastian
Reifenberger, Guido
Steiger, Hans-Jakob
Budach, Wilfried
Haussmann, Jan
Knipps, Johannes
Rapp, Marion
Hänggi, Daniel
Sabel, Michael
Mijderwijk, Hendrik-Jan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9516-8257
Kamp, Marcel A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1252-2944
Article History
Received: 9 April 2020
Accepted: 22 July 2020
First Online: 3 August 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: M. Sabel and M. Rapp work as consultants for Johnson and Johnson Company and Integra Company. G. Reifenberger received research grant from Roche and Merck as well as honoraria for advisory boards from AbbVie. All other authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organisation or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: The present retrospective analysis was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and with approval by the institutional review board of the medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (study number: 2018-156-RetroDEuA).
: Patients had provided informed consent for the use of their tissue samples and clinical data for research purposes.