Correction to: British Journal of Cancer (2004) 90, 833–837. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601543

Due to an author error, Dr S de Falco was incorrectly included as an author without his agreement. His name should be deleted and the corrected author list is as follows:

P Pontisso, F Calabrese, L Benvegnu, C Belluco, MG Ruvoletto, M Marino, M Valente, D Nitti, A Gatta and G Fassina

Editors Note:

It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that each co-author on a joint paper has fully agreed to authorship before signing the copyright agreement, and publication.