About the Authors

Wiltrud Haaß

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Michael Stehle

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Stefanie Nittka

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Michelle Giehl

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Petra Schrotz-King

Affiliation National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), German Cancer Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Alice Fabarius

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Wolf-Karsten Hofmann

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Wolfgang Seifarth

wolfgang.seifarth@medma.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PSK AF WKH WS. Performed the experiments: WH MS SN MG. Analyzed the data: WH MS SN MG PSK AF WS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WH MS SN MG AF. Wrote the paper: WH AF WS. Final approval: WH MS SN MG PSK AF WKH WS.