Rehwald, Claudia
Schnetz, Matthias
Urbschat, Anja
Mertens, Christina
Meier, Julia K.
Bauer, Rebekka
Baer, Patrick
Winslow, Sofia
Roos, Frederik C.
Zwicker, Klaus
Huard, Arnaud
Weigert, Andreas
Brüne, Bernhard
Jung, Michaela
Funding for this research was provided by:
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (PhD grant)
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (PhD grant)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (GRK 2336, TP01, GRK 2336, TP01)
Wilhelm Sander-Stiftung (2017.130.1)
Article History
Received: 24 April 2019
Revised: 16 October 2019
Accepted: 5 November 2019
First Online: 27 November 2019
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The local Ethic Committee of the Goethe-University Hospital Frankfurt am Main (file number 04/09 UGO 03/10) and Philipps-University Hospital Marburg (file number 122/14) approved the study protocol as well as consent documents. Patients gave their written informed consent before surgery. The study was performed in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki.
: C.R.: PhD scholarship from EKFS (Else Kröner-Fresenius-Graduiertenkolleg); M.S.: PhD scholarship from the Faculty of Medicine, Goethe-University Frankfurt; B.B.: Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (EKFS), Research Training Group Translational Research Innovation–Pharma (TRIP); A.W., A.H. and B.B.: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (GRK 2336 TP01 and TP06); M.J.: Wilhelm Sander-Stiftung (2017.130.1).
: Not applicable.
: The data sets used and/or analysed during this study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. Publicly available data sets were analysed by using R2: Genomics Analysis and Visualization Platform (Academic Medical Center—Department of Oncogenomics, Amsterdam, 2006, ExternalRef removed), or downloaded from the cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics (ExternalRef removed) and analysed by using Prism software.