Free Fatty Acids Promote the Development of Prostate Cancer by Upregulating Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma [Retraction]

Ha X, Wang J, Chen K, et al. Cancer Manag Res. 2020;12:1355–1369. We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Cancer Management and Research have retracted the published article. Following publication, concerns have been raised in 2025 by a third party about the integrity of the data in Figures 2 and 3 of the article. Further investigation conducted by the Journal and Publisher confirmed significant integrity concerns, including unexpected similarities in the image panels representative of different treatment conditions in Figures 2 and 3. When approached for an explanation, the authors have cooperated with the investigation and provided the requested raw data. Upon further review, the Journal and Publisher identified additional image integrity concerns present in the original raw data provided for Figures 2 and 3. Further data integrity concerns were identified in the raw data provided for Figure 1. 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 The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.