Subproject 1: Project leader: Prof. Dr. M. Hallek, Dr. A. Strenge-Hesse (University Hospital of Cologne)

Subproject 2: Project leader: Prof. Dr. M. Löffler (University of Leipzig)

Subproject 3: Project leader: PD Dr. Michael Hummel (University Benjamin Franklin, Berlin)
in co-operation with the review panel for pathology: Prof. Dr. A.C. Feller (University Lübeck), Prof. Dr. M.-L. Hansmann (University Frankfurt), Prof. Dr. P. Möller (University Ulm), Prof. Dr. K. Müller-Hermelink (University Würzburg), Prof. Dr. R. Parwaresch (Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel), Prof. Dr. H. Stein (University Benjamin Franklin, Berlin)

Subproject 4: Project leader: Prof. Dr. R.-P. Müller, Dr. H.T. Eich (University Hospital of Cologne)