Correction to: World J Surg Onc 18, 261 (2020)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-020-02028-x

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified an error in the first author name.

The incorrect author name is: He Ke

The correct author name is: Ke He

The author group has been updated above and the original article [1] has been corrected.