Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/srep36482, published online 02 November 2016

This Article contains an error in the Introduction.

The text,

“On the other hand, although LDCT could reduce mortality by 20%, the high false positive rate (96.4%) observed in the NLST calls for more accurate risk stratification among heavy smokers.”

should read:

“On the other hand, although LDCT could reduce mortality by 20%, the high number of false positives within the positive results (96.4%) observed in the NLST calls for more accurate risk stratification among heavy smokers.”