Correction to: J Transl Med (2017) 15:227 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-017-1332-3

In the original version of this article [1], published on 7 November 2017, affiliation 18 has been incorrectly assigned to the authors Serena Magi and Laura Mazzoni. They are only affiliated to the Skin Cancer Unit, Istituto Tumori Romagna (IRST), Meldola, Italy (affiliation 5).