Jasti S. Rao

Following the publication of the above paper, it was drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that, for the immunocytochemical and immunohistochemical experiments shown in Fig. 5A‑C on p. 815, several of the data panels exhibited overlapping sections, such that the data shown in the affected panels had all apparently been derived from the same original sources. Owing to the large number of duplications of data that were identified in this paper, the Editor of International Journal of Oncology has decided that it should be retracted from the Journal on account of a lack of confidence in the presented data. 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. [International Journal of Oncology 36: 809‑816, 2010; DOI: 10.3892/ijo_00000557]

Following the publication of the above paper, it was drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that certain of the lung images shown in Fig. 2b on p. 760 were strikingly similar to data in an article published by the same research group in the journal Cancer Research, which, in the meantime, has been retracted. Owing to the fact that the contentious data in the above article had already been published prior to its submission to International Journal of Oncology, 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. [International Journal of Oncology 32: 757‑765, 2008; DOI: 10.3892/ijo.32.4.757]

Following the publication of the above paper, it was drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that, regarding the wound healing assay data shown in Fig. 2D, a pair of the data panels appeared to be overlapping, such that the data from the same original source had apparently been used to show the results of differently performed experiments. Furthermore, concerning the immunohistochemical data shown in Fig. 7A and C, similarly, two pairs of the data panels contained overlapping data, where the results of different experiments were intended to have been portrayed. Owing to the duplications of data that were identified in this paper, the Editor of International Journal of Oncology has decided that it should be retracted from the Journal on account of a lack of confidence in the presented data. 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. [International Journal of Oncology 41: 599‑610, 2012; DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2012.1496]