Qian S, Tan X, Liu X, Liu P, Wu Y. Onco Targets Ther. 2019;12:3197–3205.
The Editor and Publisher of OncoTargets and Therapy wish to retract the published article. Concerns were raised following the authors request to replace invasion and migration images in Figure 4. It appears images in this figure may have been duplicated. Specifically,
Figure 4A, Invasion, PC-10, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 4A, Migration, PC-10.
Figure 4A, Invasion, Aspc-1, appears to have been duplicated with the same image for Figure 4A, Migration, PC-10.
The authors were asked to provide original data that would further verify the reported findings, but they were unable to do this in a satisfactory manner. The Editor requested to retract the article and the authors were notified of this.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.