About the Authors
- Stephanie J. Gros
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* E-mail: sgros@uke.de
Affiliation Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Nina Kurschat
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Affiliation Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Astrid Drenckhan
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Affiliation Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Thorsten Dohrmann
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Affiliation Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Evelyn Forberich
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Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Katharina Effenberger
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Affiliations Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Tumor Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Uta Reichelt
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Charite, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
- Robert M. Hoffman
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Klaus Pantel
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Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Jussuf T. Kaifi
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Affiliation Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Jakob R. Izbicki
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Affiliation Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interest: Robert M. Hoffman is associated with AntiCancer, Inc. Dr. Pantel is an Honoraria with Roche and an Expert Witness with Genentech. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SJG JTK. Performed the experiments: SJG NK AD TD EF KE. Analyzed the data: SJG NK AD TD EF UR KE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EF KE KP. Wrote the paper: SJG JRI. Contributed critical revisions and suggestions of experimental outline and manuscript: RMH JTK KP JRI.