Li T, Li Y, Sun H. Cancer Management and Research. 2019;11:5255–5269
The Editor and Publisher of Cancer Management and Research wish to retract the published article. Concerns were raised over alleged image duplication in Figures 2C and 6B with similar images from unrelated articles, specifically:
Figure 2C, panel MCF-7 Agomir-NC appears to have been duplicated with a similar image in Figure 2D from Lv et al, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S199818).
Figure 6B, panel MDA-MB-231 si-NC appears to have been duplicated with a similar image in Figure 4D from Chen et al, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S192137).
The authors did not respond to our queries and the Editor determined the findings of the study were no longer valid and advised for the article to be retracted.
Our decision-making was informed by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retraction.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.