About the Authors

Antonia Sophie Wenners

antonia.wenners@uk-sh.de

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Keyur Mehta

Affiliation German Breast Group, GBG ForschungsGmbH, Neu-Isenburg, Germany

Sibylle Loibl

Affiliation German Breast Group, GBG ForschungsGmbH, Neu-Isenburg, Germany

Hyerim Park

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Berit Mueller

Affiliation Translational Tumorpathology Unit, Institute of Pathology, Charité, Berlin, Germany

Norbert Arnold

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Sigrid Hamann

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Joerg Weimer

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Beyhan Ataseven

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rot-Kreuz-Klinikum Muenchen, Munich, Germany

Silvia Darb-Esfahani

Affiliation Translational Tumorpathology Unit, Institute of Pathology, Charité, Berlin, Germany

Christian Schem

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Christoph Mundhenke

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Fariba Khandan

Affiliation St. Markus Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Christoph Thomssen

Affiliation Department of Gynecology, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Walter Jonat

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Hans-Juergen Holzhausen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Martin Luther University of Halle–Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Gunther von Minckwitz

Affiliation German Breast Group, GBG ForschungsGmbH, Neu-Isenburg, Germany

Carsten Denkert

Affiliation Translational Tumorpathology Unit, Institute of Pathology, Charité, Berlin, Germany

Maret Bauer

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: CT received remuneration from Sanofi-Aventis, Roche and Pierre-Fabre, he played a consultant/advisory role for Sanofi-Aventis and Roche. BA was a speaker for Sanofi-Aventis. WJ was consultant for Roche and Novartis. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AW HP SH JW MB. Performed the experiments: HP MB. Analyzed the data: KM SL AW MB BM SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NA BA CS FK CT WJ HH GM CD CM. Wrote the paper: AW MB.