Wajma Shahbaz1*, Vindi Jurinovic, MSc2,3*, Aarif M. N. Batcha3*, Christian Rausch2*, Maja Rothenberg-Thurley, PhD2*, Annika Maria Dufour, PhD, MSC2*, Bianka Ksienzyk2,4*, Stephanie Schneider, PhD2*, Michaela Neusser, PhD2,5*, Maria Cristina Sauerland, MD6*, Dennis Görlich, PhD6, Wolfgang E. Berdel, MD7, Bernhard J. Woermann, MD8, Utz Krug, MD9*, Jan Braess, MD10*, Wolfgang Hiddemann, MD2*, Ulrich Mansmann3*, Sebastian Vosberg11,12*, Philipp A. Greif, MD12,13, Karsten Spiekermann, MD2,14*, Klaus H Metzeler, MD15 and Tobias Herold12,16*
1Department of Hematology and Onocology, University Hospital LMU Munich, Department of Medicine III, Munich, Germany
2Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
3Institute of Medical Data Processing, Biometrics and Epidemiology (IBE), Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
4Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital LMU, Munich, Germany
5Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
6Institute of Biostatistics and Clinical Research, University of Münster, Muenster, Germany
7Department of Medicine A, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
8German Society of Hematology and Oncology, Berlin, Germany
9Department of Medicine III, Hospital Leverkusen, Leverkusen, DEU
10Department of Oncology and Hematology, Hospital Barmherzige Brueder, Regensburg, DEU
11Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
12Department of Medicine III, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
13German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany
14German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany
15Department for Hematology, Cell Therapy, Hemostaseology and Infectious Diseases, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
16German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany