Correction to: British Journal of Cancer (2008) 98, 1403–1414. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604316

During correction of this article, the affiliations of the authors were changed, therefore causing an error in the footnote attributing credit for the work involved in the paper.

The correct affiliations are shown above and the corrected footnote should read ‘This work is attributed to institutions 1–3 and 5 above’.