Int J Oncol 45: [Related article:] 129-138, 2014; DOI:
10.3892/ijo.2014.2400
Following the publication of the above paper, a
concerned reader drew to the Editor's attention that one of the
fluorescence microscopic images featured in Fig. 4A had previously
appeared in a different form (a portion of data in a different
orientation) in another article published by the same authors [Yu
J, Zhao L, Li Y, Li N, He M, Bai H, Yu Z, Zheng Z, Mi X, Wang E and
We M: Silencing of Fanconi anemia complementation group F exhibits
potent chemosensitization of mitomycin C activity in breast cancer
cells. J Breast Cancer 16: 291-299, 2013]. Furthermore, the data
panel shown for the 'MDA-MB-231/untreated' experiment in Fig. 4A in
the above paper appeared to be duplicated as the ʻMDA-MB-231/MMC +
control shRNA' experiment, albeit stained differently.
After having received a request from the authors to
publish a corrigendum in view of the errors identified in Fig. 4 of
the above paper, the Editor of International Journal of
Oncology has conducted an independent investigation of the
matter and determined that this article should be retracted from
the Journal on account of a lack of confidence in the presented
data. Upon receiving this decision, the authors were not in
agreement that the paper should be retracted. The Editor regrets
any inconvenience that has been caused to the readership of the
Journal.
