Rehme, Christian
Fritsch, Beatrix
Thomas, Luca
Istin, Stefan
Burchert, Carolin
Hummel, Bastian
Baleanu-Curaj, Bogdan
Reis, Henning
Szarvas, Tibor
Ruebben, Herbert
Hadaschik, Boris
Niedworok, Christian http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6796-9882
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Article History
Received: 31 August 2021
Accepted: 18 November 2021
First Online: 24 November 2021
Declarations
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: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare that are relevant to the content of this article. We hereby confirm that all figures and tables in the present manuscript are originals, taken and/or generated by the team of authors and have not been published previously.
: The principles of the Helsinki Declaration were followed during the study. Patients were treated according to the Treatment Guidelines of the European Association of Urology and approved by the interdisciplinary tumor board. The Committee for Research of the Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen approved the study protocol (ID 15-6269-BO). Confidentiality of the patients’ data was guaranteed and all data were anonymized. Future management of the patients is not affected by the present study.
: All patients provided their written informed consent before entering the study.