Retraction to: FAM196B promotes proliferation and migration via regulating epithelial-mesenchymal transition in esophageal cancer

IOS Press has retracted the following publication from its online content:

[Cancer Biomarkers, 31(1) (2021), 39–46. 10.3233/CBM-203023]

FAM196B promotes proliferation and migration via regulating epithelial-mesenchymal transition in esophageal cancer

Haifeng Xia ${}^{\text{a,b}}$ , Fang Hu ${}^{\text{c}}$ , Liangbin Pan ${}^{\text{a}}$ , Chengcheng Xu ${}^{\text{a}}$ , Haitao Huang ${}^{\text{a}}$ , Shaomu Chen ${}^{\text{a}}$ and Haitao Ma ${}^{\text{a}}$

${}^{\text{a}}$ Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

${}^{\text{b}}$ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Suzhou Dushuhu Public Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

${}^{\text{c}}$ Suzhou Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

The corresponding author contacted the editorial office requesting the article to be retracted. The authors acknowledge that Figs 2 and 4 were partially copied from other articles. After investigation, the editorial office found that the images have been manipulated – enlarged and rotated – in relation to the originals.