Moxibustion Enhances Chemotherapy of Breast Cancer by Affecting Tumor Microenvironment [Retraction]

Xue N, Fu X, Zhu Y, Da N, Zhang J. Cancer Manag Res. 2020;12:8015—8022. We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Cancer Management and Research have retracted the published article. After publication, concerns have been raised by a third party about the integrity of the data in Figures 4 and 5 of the article. Further investigations conducted by the Journal and Publisher confirmed significant integrity concerns, including unexpected similarities in the image panels representative of different treatment conditions in Figure 4 and Figure 5 of the article. When approached for an explanation, the authors have cooperated with the investigation but have been unable to address the concerns raised. As verifying the validity of published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, we are therefore retracting the article. The corresponding author listed in this publication has been informed. We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and the COPE guidelines. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.