Kolbinger, Fiona R. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2265-4809
Kirchner, Max
Pfeiffer, Kevin https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7643-4284
Bodenstedt, Sebastian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2203-9729
Jenke, Alexander C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4675-417X
Barthel, Julia
Carstens, Matthias
Dehlke, Karolin
Dietz, Sophia
Emmanouilidis, Sotirios
Fitze, Guido
Freitag, Martin
Holderried, Fabian
Jacobi, Thorsten
Kanjo, Weam
Leitermann, Linda
Mees, Sören Torge
Pistorius, Steffen
Prudlo, Conrad
Seiberth, Astrid
Schultz, Jurek https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5638-8663
Thiel, Karolin
Ziehn, Daniel
Speidel, Stefanie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4590-1908
Weitz, Jürgen
Kather, Jakob Nikolas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3730-5348
Distler, Marius
Saldanha, Oliver Lester
Article History
Received: 5 August 2025
Accepted: 29 May 2026
First Online: 12 June 2026
Competing interests
: FRK declares ongoing advisory roles for the Surgical Data Science Collective (SDSC), USA, and Scopia AI, Canada. JNK declares consulting services for Bioptimus, France; Owkin, France; DoMore Diagnostics, Norway; Panakeia, UK; AstraZeneca, UK; Scailyte, Switzerland; Mindpeak, Germany; and MultiplexDx, Slovakia. Furthermore, he holds shares in StratifAI, Synagen, and Ignition Labs, Germany, has received a research grant by GSK, and has received honoraria by AstraZeneca, Bayer, Eisai, Janssen, MSD, BMS, Roche, Pfizer and Fresenius. MD declares advisory roles for AESCULAP AG, Germany; and Intuitive Surgical, USA, and has received honoraria from Medtronic. All other authors declare no competing interests.