Correction to: British Journal of Cancer (2020); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-0773-2, published online 5 March 2020

Since the publication of this paper the authors noticed an error in the name of Maria Letizia Taddei, where Professor Taddei’s surname was incorrectly listed as Professor Letizia Taddei. This has been corrected above.