Correction to: Breast Cancer Research (2018) 20:72 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-018-1001-3

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified an error in Dr. Michalis Stratigos’s affiliation.

It currently reads:

2Department of Medical Oncology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, 1352 PO BOX, 711 10 Heraklion, Crete, Greece

It should read:

1Laboratory of Translational Oncology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece

2Department of Medical Oncology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, 1352 PO BOX, 711 10 Heraklion, Crete, Greece

The original article [1] has been corrected.