Abstract
Following the publication of this article, the authors have realized that Table I contained some important errors. The data shown for the positive or negative HBsAg patient characteristic in terms of the no. of patients, Plac1 (+) and Plac1 (‑) were incorrect. A corrected version of the Table is shown below (the corrected data are highlighted in bold). The authors sincerely apologize for the errors that were introduced during the preparation of this Table. Furthermore, they regret any inconvenience that this mistake has caused. [the original article was published in Oncology Reports 37: 465‑473, 2017; DOI: 10.3892/or.2016.5272].