ETM Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 1792-0981 1792-1015 D.A. Spandidos 10.3892/etm.2026.13274 ETM-32-4-13274 Retraction [Retracted] Combined effects of Lenvatinib and iodine-131 on cell apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma through inducing endoplasmic reticulum stress WangGuoyu ZhuangJuhua NiJing YeYing HeSaifei XiaiWei 102026 17082026 32 4 279 Copyright: © 2026 Wang et al. 2026 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.

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Following the publication of the above paper, it was drawn to the Editor’s attention by a concerned reader that certain of the western blot data featured in Fig. 3A on p. 3330 had already been published in an article in the journal International Journal of Molecular Sciences that was written by different authors at different research institutes. A subsequent investigation of this paper undertaken by the Editorial Office also revealed that western blot data in Fig. 2D and immunohistochemical data in Fig. 3D had also been featured in other previously published articles that were written by different authors at different research institutes.

Owing to the fact that the contentious data in the above article had already been published prior to its submission to Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 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.