| Popis: |
Mahroug E, Sher-Locketz C, Desmirean M, et al. CancerManag Res. 2018;10:4553— 4563. The Editor-in-Chief and Publisher ofCancer Managementand Research wish to retract the published article. We were notified of discrepancies in the published articlewhere some references did not appear related to the datathey were being used to cite. For example, reference 8(Fetica et al) reports 6 cases of Castleman disease inRomania, however the text in the published article refers toa study in South Africa. References 9 to 12 (Tomuleasa et al,Berce et al, Frinc et al and Messinger et al) were also found todescribe studies not relevant to the published paper. Similarly,reference 13 (Naresh et al) was used to cite a study reportinga retrospective study conducted at Chris Hani BaragwanathAcademic Hospital (CHBAH) in Johannesburg, South Africa,over a 25-year period from 1990 to 2014. However, reference 13 does not report that study. It was determined that following peer review several of theoriginal references had been replaced without an explanationfrom the authors and these discrepancies had beenintroduced. The authors could not provide a satisfactoryexplanation for this. The editor determined the validity ofthe paper had been compromised and requested for thearticle to be retracted. The authors wish to apologise for this error. Our decision-making was informed by our policy on publishingethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines onretraction. The retracted article will remain online to maintain thescholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked oneach page as “Retracted”. This retraction relates to this paper |
