Correction to: British Journal of Cancer https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-025-03065-7, published online 28 May 2025

In this article, the title was incorrectly given as ‘CD49a+ NK cells promote esophageal cancer development by inducing MDCSs infiltration via GM-CSF’; it should have been ‘CD49a+ NK cells promote esophageal cancer development by inducing MDSCs infiltration via GM-CSF’.

Specifically, ‘MDCSs’ has been corrected to ‘MDSCs’. The original article has been corrected.