Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27237-0, published online 29 December 2022


The original version of this Article contained errors.


In the Material and methods section, under the subheading ‘Patients and specimens’,


“Patients treated with nivolumab between September 2016 and January 2021 at our hospital were enrolled in this study.”


now reads:


“Patients treated with nivolumab between September 2017 and January 2021 at our hospital were enrolled in this study.”


In addition, in the Ethical approval section,


“The study protocol complied with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the institutional review board of Saitama Medical University International Medical Center (approval no. 17-044). All patients provided written informed consent prior to enrollment.”


now reads:


“The study protocol complied with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the institutional review board of the Saitama Medical University International Medical Center (approval no. 17-044, 17-262). All patients provided written informed consent prior to enrollment.”


The original Article has been corrected.