Erratum to: Pathol. Oncol. Res. (2017) 23:217-217

DOI 10.1007/s12253-016-0117-y

The original article contained an error.

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Acknowledgements This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81400773) and Natural Science Foundation of China Hunan Province (No.14JJ6002).