Correction to: British Journal of Cancer (2020); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-1023-3, published online 10 August 2020

Since the publication of this paper, the authors have noticed that Dr. Islam M. Miligy’s list of affiliations is not complete. The correct affiliations should include the Histopathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Egypt, as well as the Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham Biodiscovery Institute, The University of Nottingham, UK. This error has been corrected above. The authors apologise for this oversight.