Correction to: British Journal of Cancer (2016) 115, 789–796. doi:10.1038/bjc.2016.271

Upon publication of the above paper in the British Journal of Cancer, the authors identified an error in one of their affiliations. The authors would like to apologise for this mistake. The correct affiliation for Andrés J Muñoz Martín is ‘Medical Oncology Service, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.’