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Accepted: 28 June 2024

First Online: 31 July 2024

Declarations

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: Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. T.M. was supported by the DKFZ clinician scientist program. D.T.M. was supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Young Scientist Award and the German Cancer Society’s (DKG) Young Talent Award.

: D.T.M., T.M., S.A., and J.C.M. declare that they have no conflicts of interest that might be relevant to the contents of this manuscript.

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: All data used in this study were in the public domain. All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information.

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: D.T.M. and T.M. had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analyses. D.T.M. developed the study concept and design, drafted the manuscript, performed statistical analyses, and supervised the study. All authors carried out acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data, critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content, and provided administrative, technical, or material support.

: The authors are grateful for comments and suggestions received by the editor of the journal and the anonymous referees. The authors thank Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Tobias Boch, MD, Heidelberg University, for his medical advice. None of the additional contributors received any compensation.