Grill, Sabine http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6735-969X
Yahiaoui-Doktor, Maryam
Basrai, Maryam
Struck, Joachim
Schulte, Janin
Berling-Ernst, Anika
Engel, Christoph
Ullrich, Mirjam
Lammert, Jacqueline
Bischoff, Stephan C.
Schmidt, Thorsten
Niederberger, Uwe
Chronas, Dimitrios
Rhiem, Kerstin
Schmutzler, Rita
Halle, Martin
Kiechle, Marion
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Krebshilfe (Grant no. 110013)
Projekt DEAL
Article History
Received: 10 November 2020
Accepted: 23 December 2020
First Online: 4 February 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Joachim Struck and Janin Schulte report being employees of SphingoTec GmbH. A company having patent rights in and commercializing the pro-NT and pro-ENK assay. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed. All the other authors declare that they have no competing interests. No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.
: All women participated in the study voluntarily and gave written informed consent prior to study begin. They were informed that they can withdraw their consent and stop participation at any time without disclosing the reasons and without negative consequences for their future medical care.
: The responsible ethics review boards of all participating trial sites approved the study protocol (Reference Number 5686/13 for the leading vote of the Klinikum Rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Munich).