Oncol Rep 39: [Related article:] 731–738, 2018; DOI:
10.3892/or.2017.6130
Following the publication of the above paper, it was
drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that the
images showing metastatic nodules in the mouse lung in Fig. 4 on p.
735 had apparently previously been published a few years earlier in
the following paper: Jia D, Yan M, Wang X, Hao X, Liang L, Liu L,
Kong H, He X, Li J and Yao M: Development of a highly metastatic
model that reveals a crucial role of fibronectin in lung cancer
cell migration and invasion. BMC Cancer 10: 364, 2010. Moreover,
among the cell migration and invasion assay data shown in Figs. 3B
and D, and 6B and 7B, there were a number of overlaps noted among
the data panels such that data which were intended to show results
obtained under different experimental conditions were likely to
have been derived from a smaller number of original sources.
Owing to the fact that the contentious data in the
above article had already been publihed prior to its submission to
Oncology Reports, in addition the other features of concern
regarding the data, the Editor has decided that this paper should
be retracted from the Journal. The authors were asked for an
explanation to account for these concerns, but the Editorial Office
did not receive a reply. The Editor apologizes to the readership
for any inconvenience caused.
