Correction: Human Genomics (2022) 16:61 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40246-022-00435-7

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported Fig. 1 is not the updated version. The correct Fig. 1 has been provided in this Correction.

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Study design for the selection of variants and genes. aList of known or candidate cancer genes in the Network of Cancer Genes [9]. bThe Cancer Gene Census list of the Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) [10]. cList of cancer driver genes from Bailey et al. [38]. dList of cancer driver genes inferred with nucleotide context from Dietlein et al. [11]

The original article [1] has been corrected.