Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53899-4, published online 25 November 2019

This Article contains a typographical error in the Introduction where,

“Currently, to isolate single live CTCs, additional purification steps, such as the DEPArray34,35, Fluidigm C136–39, ALS cell-Selector40 or single-cell micro-manipulation, are typically used.”

should read:

“Currently, to isolate single live CTCs, additional purification steps, such as the DEPArray34,35, Fluidigm C136–39, ALS CellCelector40 or single-cell micro-manipulation, are typically used.”