Updates are available Correction dated 2020-03-23

Article History

Received: 29 June 2019

Accepted: 10 February 2020

First Online: 29 February 2020

Change Date: 23 March 2020

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: In the original publication of this article [1] there are two garbled codes in the second sentence, the fourth paragraph of the Background section. The correct sentence should be: Tumor growth leads to the increased production of inflammatory cytokines and growth factors (mainly IL-1, IL-3, IL-6, IL-11, IL-23, and TNF-), and this perpetual process ensures immortality. These promoting factors are also important for angiogenesis and hematopoiesis, which explains the increase in blood cell types in cancerous diseases. The original publication has been corrected.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Although the study was in the category of noninterventional clinical research with its retrospective nature, we did apply for ethics committee approval. The ethics committee approved the study (No: 72300690–799) and formal consent in addition to what the patients had given prior to hospitalization was waived.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.