Correction to: J Transl Med (2018) 16:79 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-018-1451-5

After publication of the original article [1], it was noticed that the images of WT (YM155+Radiation) in Fig. 5f and U251 (YM155+STAT3) in Fig. 5h were mistakenly duplicated. This error also affected supplementary figure 3. The original and updated figures are published in this correction article.

The updated figures (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4) do not change the validity of the scientific conclusion drawn in this paper.

Fig. 1
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Original publication of figure 5h

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Updated figure 5h

Fig. 3
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Original publication of supplementary figure 3

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Updated supplementary figure 3