Notice of retraction

IOS Press has retracted the following publication from its online content: [Cancer Biomarkers, 22(1) (2018), 29-34] 10.3233/CBM-170698The study of sclareol in inhibiting proliferation of osteosarcoma cells by apoptotic induction and loss of mitochondrial membrane potentialGuoqing Duana, Su Houb, Jianjun Jic and Bin DengcaDepartment of Bone and Joint Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, ChinabPediatric Surgery, Zoucheng People’s Hospital, Zoucheng, Shandong, ChinacDepartment of Bone Surgery, Zoucheng People’s Hospital, Zoucheng, Shandong, China

The corresponding author claims not to have permission of his co-authors, and requested the article to be withdrawn. However, the article shows signs of image manipulation in Fig. 3. The corresponding author did not respond to the image manipulation allegation.

In this light the journal cannot condone publication of this paper and has decided to retract it from its online catalogue.