About the Authors

Chizuko Tsurumi

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Norbert Esser

Affiliation ProQinase GmbH, Freiburg, Germany

Elke Firat

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Simone Gaedicke

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Marie Follo

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Martin Behe

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Ursula Elsässer-Beile

Affiliation Department of Urology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Anca-Ligia Grosu

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Ralph Graeser

Affiliation ProQinase GmbH, Freiburg, Germany

Gabriele Niedermann

gabriele.niedermann@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Competing Interests

Norbert Esser and Ralph Graeser are full-time employees of ProQuinase. The authors did not receive consultant's fees and do not have patents or products in development or marketed related to the content of the paper. This is to confirm that the declaration does not alter the adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CT NE UE-B RG GN. Performed the experiments: CT NE EF SG MF. Analyzed the data: CT NE EF MF MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: A-LG. Wrote the paper: CT RG GN.