Dear Readers,
The Editors and Publisher hereby retract the above-mentioned article following a formal request submitted by the authors (#641799) (1).
After publication, the corresponding author informed the journal of an unresolved authorship dispute within their institution. The authors further stated that their institution had issued a directive requesting withdrawal of the published work pending a broader investigation involving additional contributors.
In light of these circumstances, and after review in accordance with the journal’s publication ethics policies and the COPE Retraction Guidelines, the Editorial Board determined that retraction is warranted to maintain the integrity and transparency of the scholarly record.
This retraction is issued due to authorship and institutional concerns. No determination has been made by the journal regarding the scientific validity of the data or the study’s findings.
The original article will remain available online, clearly marked as retracted, to preserve the integrity of the academic record.
Sincereleey Yours,
Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari
Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
The Edetor-in-Chief of IJCM
