Retraction Note: BMC Cancer 18, 1230 (2018)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-5130-y

The Editors have retracted this article following an investigation report by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China. Their investigation found attempts to tamper with the data. 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.