Correction to: Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (2019) 7:15https://doi.org/10.1186/s40425-018-0472-1Following publication of the original article [1], the author reported the additional files have been published in the wrong format.The correct files (Additional files 1 and 2) are attached to this Erratum.The publisher apologizes for any inconvenience caused by this error.Code and data for training analysis in TCGA data. The R code and data used in the TCGA analyses are included in this zip file. Code executes in the directory in which it is placed. (ZIP 120895 kb)Code and data for the validation dataset analyses. The R code and data used in the colorectal and endometrial/neuroendocrine validation analyses are included in this zip file. Code executes in the directory in which it is placed. (ZIP 456 kb)