Correction to: BMC cancer (2018) 18:203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-4101-7

It has been highlighted that the original manuscript [1] contains a typesetting error regarding the authorship and did not mention the name of Andrew McGuire. The authorship was incorrectly captured as Peter F. McAnena1, James AL Brown1, A. Ramli1, C. Curran1, C. Malone2, R. McLaughlin2, K. Barry2, Brown JAL1* and M. J. Kerin1 in the original article. The correct authorship is: Peter F. McAnena1, Andrew McGuire1, A. Ramli1, C. Curran1, C. Malone2, R. McLaughlin2, K. Barry2, James A.L. Brown1* and M. J. Kerin1 . The original article has been updated.