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. 2017 May 3;15:95. doi: 10.1186/s12957-017-1154-z

Erratum to: Carbon ion radiotherapy for desmoid tumor of the abdominal wall: a case report

Takuya Nagata 1,, Yusuke Demizu 2, Tomoyuki Okumura 1, Shinichi Sekine 1, Naoki Hashimoto 3, Nobukazu Fuwa 4, Tomoaki Okimoto 2, Yutaka Shimada 5
PMCID: PMC5414378  PMID: 28468632

Erratum

Upon publication of the original article [1], the authors mistakenly referred to their experimental technique as “Carbon ion radiotherapy”. This was incorrect; the technique should have been referred to as “Proton beam therapy”. All authors of the original manuscript have understood and agreed to this correction additionally the scientific conclusions of this paper remain unchanged.

Acknowledgments

Authors' contributions

All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Footnotes

The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s12957-016-1000-8.

Reference

  • 1.Nagata T, Demizu Y, Okumura T, Sekine S, Hashimoto N, Fuwa N, Okimoto T, Shimada Y. Carbon ion radiotherapy for desmoid tumor of the abdominal wall: a case report. World J Surg Oncol. 2016;14(1):245. doi: 10.1186/s12957-016-1000-8. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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