Retraction Note: J Exp Clin Cancer Res 36, 190 (2017)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13046-017-0661-7

The Editor-in-Chief is retracting this article. Concerns have been raised about the welfare of the mice used in this study. The Editor-in-Chief has not been able to obtain clarification on whether the tumour volume and the humane endpoints in the experiments described were approved by the institutional animal ethics committee. None of the authors has responded to correspondence from the Publisher about this retraction.