Retraction Note: BMC Cancer 19, 1160 (2019)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6381-y

The Editors have retracted this article following an investigation by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology. The investigation found the data presented here is unreliable and that the corresponding author Yongjun Mao was not aware of the publication. The Editors therefore no longer have confidence in the integrity of the data in this article.

None of the authors have responded to any correspondence from the editor/publisher about this retraction.