Author Correction: Exploring the advantages of intensity-modulated proton therapy: experimental validation of biological effects using two different beam intensity-modulation patterns

Correction to: Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-020-60246-5, published online 21 February 2020

The Acknowledgements section in this Article is incomplete.

“We thank Dr. Ronald Zhu and Dr. Falk Poenisch for their support and guidance in the proton dosimetry. We thank Dr. Sang Hyun Cho for the support in the dosimetry of the Cs-137 irradiator. We thank Dr. David Volk and Mr. Paul Wisdom for fabricating the high-throughput irradiation device and its supporting and protection system. We thank Dr. Aimee McNamara for sharing her knowledge in RBE modelling. We thank Ms. Christine Wogan for the editorial assistance. This work was supported by the National Cancer Institute [Grant No. U19 CA021239] and by the Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiative Boot Walk Award from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.”

should read:

“We thank Dr. Ronald Zhu and Dr. Falk Poenisch for their support and guidance in the proton dosimetry. We thank Dr. Sang Hyun Cho for the support in the dosimetry of the Cs-137 irradiator. We thank Dr. David Volk and Mr. Paul Wisdom for fabricating the high-throughput irradiation device and its supporting and protection system. We thank Dr. Aimee McNamara for sharing her knowledge in RBE modelling. We thank Ms. Christine Wogan for the editorial assistance. This work was supported by the National Cancer Institute [Grant No. U19 CA021239], the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) [RP150578], and by the Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives Boot Walk Award from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. JY was supported by the CPRIT Research Training Program [RP170067].”