Jain, Chetan Kumar
Pradhan, Bhola Shankar
Banerjee, Sukdeb
Mondal, Nirup Bikash
Majumder, Subeer S.
Bhattacharyya, Madhumita
Chakrabarti, Saikat
Roychoudhury, Susanta
Majumder, Hemanta Kumar
Article History
Received: 21 October 2014
Accepted: 8 June 2015
First Online: 20 July 2015
Change Date: 8 July 2020
Change Type: Clarification
Change Details: Editor’s Note: The Editors are currently investigating this article as concerns have been raised regarding animal welfare. The editors have reached out to the institution where the study took place for clarification. Further editorial action will be taken as appropriate once the investigation into the concerns is complete and all parties have been given an opportunity to respond in full.
Change Date: 31 March 2021
Change Type: Clarification
Change Details: Editor’s Note: The Editors have concluded their investigation into the concerns regarding animal welfare. The institution has confirmed that the experiments were carried out in line with institutional guidelines for animal welfare. The Editors also received raw data and further clarification that the animals were euthanized when signs of ulceration were observed, or mean tumour diameter exceeded 2cm. The Editors have concluded that the explanation is satisfactory and no further editorial action is needed in this case.
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing financial interests.