Sondermann, Marcus https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4629-0707
Stehr, Anton
Hirtsiefer, Christopher
Menzel, Viktoria
Buttmann-Schweiger, Nina
Flemming, Paul Wilhelm
Kraywinkel, Klaus
Thomas, Christian
Boehm, Katharina
Article History
Received: 8 November 2025
Revised: 16 January 2026
Accepted: 5 February 2026
First Online: 24 February 2026
Competing interests
: Christian Thomas reports consulting fees from Astellas, Janssen, Bayer, and MSD; payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers’ bureaus from Astellas, Janssen, Bayer, and MSD; support for attending meetings and/or travel from Janssen and Ipsen; and serves as a board member of the German Society of Urology. Katharina Boehm receives consulting fees from MSD and Astellas, as well as travel funding by Janssen.
: All methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, guidelines, and regulations for medical research involving human subjects. This study received ethical approval from the scientific board of the German Centre for Cancer Registry Data at the Robert Koch Institute. No further ethical approval was needed. Informed consent is obtained by governmental regulation regarding legislation on cancer registration.