About the Authors

Christof Winter

Contributed equally to this work with: Christof Winter, Glen Kristiansen, Stephan Kersting

winter@biotec.tu-dresden.de

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Glen Kristiansen

Contributed equally to this work with: Christof Winter, Glen Kristiansen, Stephan Kersting

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

Stephan Kersting

Contributed equally to this work with: Christof Winter, Glen Kristiansen, Stephan Kersting

Affiliation Department of Visceral, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

Janine Roy

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Daniela Aust

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

Thomas Knösel

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

Petra Rümmele

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Beatrix Jahnke

Affiliation Department of Visceral, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

Vera Hentrich

Affiliation Department of Visceral, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

Felix Rückert

Affiliation Department of Visceral, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

Marco Niedergethmann

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

Wilko Weichert

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Charité, Berlin, Germany

Marcus Bahra

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Charité, Berlin, Germany

Hans J. Schlitt

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Utz Settmacher

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

Helmut Friess

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Technische Universität München, München, Germany

Markus Büchler

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Hans-Detlev Saeger

Affiliation Department of Visceral, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

Michael Schroeder

These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Christian Pilarsky

These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Visceral, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

Robert Grützmann

These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Visceral, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: C. Winter G. Kristiansen S. Kersting H. Saeger M. Schroeder C. Pilarsky R. Grützmann. Performed the experiments: C. Winter G. Kristiansen J. Roy D. Aust T. Knösel P. Rümmele B. Jahnke. Analyzed the data: C. Winter S. Kersting J. Roy M. Schroeder C. Pilarsky R. Grützmann. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: V. Hentrich F. Rückert M. Niedergethmann W. Weichert M. Bahra H. Schlitt U. Settmacher H. Friess M. Büchler. Wrote the paper: C. Winter S. Kersting M. Schroeder C. Pilarsky R. Grützmann. Developed NetRank and the prognostic signatures: C. Winter. Evaluated the immunohistochemistry stainings: G. Kristiansen.