Oncol Rep 27: [Related article:] 1511-1519, 2012; DOI:
10.3892/or.2012.1623
Following the publication of this article, an
interested reader drew to the attention of the Editorial Board that
the above article appeared to contain a series of Figures that
featured duplicated data. Following an internal investigation, the
Editorial Board reached the conclusion that the allegations of the
reader were well-founded. Specifically, the GAPDH bands shown in
Figs. 2 and 3 are identical with those in Figs. 4C and 5D, with the
exception that the images have been reversed. Furthermore, certain
data in Fig. 4C of this paper appeared to have been shared with
Fig. 3 in the following article (albeit for purportedly different
experiments): Zhang J, Zhu J, Zhou Z, Chen W and Chen N: Inhibitory
effects of ethyl pyruvate on invasion and metastasis of human
gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells via downregulation of Akt pathway.
China J Cancer Prev Treat (Chin) 39: 776–779, 2012.
Despite numerous attempts at doing so, we were
unable to receive any response to our request for further
information from the authors of this article. Given the extent of
the anomalies with the data between the aforementioned papers, the
Editorial Board has therefore decided to retract the article from
Oncology Reports. We regret any inconvenience in this regard.
