Correction: CELLFOOD™ induces apoptosis in human mesothelioma and colorectal cancer cells by modulating p53, c-myc and pAkt signaling pathways.

Correction: J Exp Clin Cancer Res 33, 24 (2014)

https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-9966-33-24

Following publication of the original article [1], the author identified an error in Fig. 2, specifically:

Fig. 2

MSTO, Met5A, HCT-116 and HFF colony formation capacity upon CF treatment. Five hundred viable cells, pretreated for 48 h with CF (1:200) and CNTRL, were allowed to grow in normal medium for 10–14 days and then stained by crystal violet solution. The image is representative of three independent experiments

Figure 2: clonogenic assays

Furthermore, the sentence ‘Colony formation was absent in HCT-116 and MSTO-211, while yields of HFF and Met-5A colonies were not affected.’ under CF reduces the clonogenic survival of MSTO-211 and HCT-116 cell lines of Results section should be updated to ‘Colony formation was reduced in HCT-116 and MSTO-211, while yields of HFF and Met-5A colonies were not affected.’

This correction does not change the result, interpretation, and conclusions of the study.