Shen Y, Han Z, Liu S, Jiao Y, Li Y, Yuan H. Cancer Manag Res. 2020;12:1493–1502.
The Editor and Publisher of Cancer Management and Research wish to retract the published article.
We were notified of potential image manipulation in the published article. The issues relate to the alleged duplication of images shown in Figures 1B, which appear to be duplicated with images shown in Figure 4B. Our other concerns relate to the alleged duplication of images used in Figures 2A, 4D and 5A. Despite repeated attempts to contact the authors, they have not responded to our queries within the required timeframe. The editor determined the findings of the study were no longer valid and requested for the article to be retracted.
Our decision-making was informed by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retraction.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.