Correction to: British Journal of Cancer https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-01032-y, published online 20 August 2020

In this article, Fig. 2 and Fig. 6 appeared incorrectly and have now been corrected in the original publication.

  • In Fig 2e some of the soft agar images, representing U251-shCtrl, U251-shE2F7, U118-Vec and U118-E2F7, were erroneously pasted during data assembly for the figure; the correct images are now used.

  • In Fig 6b an incorrect image was used for the GAPDH blot; the correct image is now used.

For completeness and transparency, the old incorrect versions are displayed below.

Figure 2e old version

Figure 2e new version

Figure 6b old version

Figure 6b new version

The original article has been corrected. The correction does to affect the results or conclusions or the article.