Abstract
Following the publication of this paper, the authors have contacted the Editorial Office to explain that they are unable to reproduce the results of their experiments designed to show the regulatory actions of miR‑718 on the proliferation of non‑small cell lung cancer, and consequently they wish to retract the paper. The Editor of International Jounal of Molecular Medicine has granted their request that the paper be retracted. All the authors agree to this retraction. The Editor and the authors apologize to the readership for any inconvenience caused. [the original article was published in International Journal of Molecular Medicine 45: 33‑44, 2020; DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2019.4396].