Retraction: Tumor Targeting by Conditioned Medium Derived from Human Amniotic Membrane: New Insight in Breast Cancer Therapy

The following article has been retracted at the request of the Editor and Publisher:

Jafari A, Rezaei-Tavirani M, Niknejad H, Zali H. Tumor Targeting by Conditioned Medium Derived From Human Amniotic Membrane: New Insight in Breast Cancer Therapy. Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment. 2021;20. doi:10.1177/15330338211036318.

Sage was contacted by a reader who raised concerns regarding the following figure in the article:

Figure 1 appears highly similar to Figure 1 of another article ¹

A further concern was subsequently identified:

Figure 9A, control panel, appears highly similar to Figure 2B, day 3, of another article ²

The authors noted that Figure 1 was not derived from (1) but was independently redrawn, modified, and integrated the standard five-layer schematic. For Figure 9A, the authors indicated that an incorrect image may have been inadvertently included during the final assembly of the manuscript.

The authors provided the uncropped raw images for both figures, but we were unable to resolve the original concerns raised for Figure 9A.

Due to unresolved concerns about image integrity that call into question the validity of the findings the editor retracts the article.

Author A Jafari did not agree with the retraction. Author Niknejad H could not be reached for comment. The remaining authors did not respond.