Correction to: British Journal of Cancer (2009) 101, 598–604. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605218 www.bjcancer.com

Upon publication of this paper in Volume 101, the authors noticed an error in the data contained within Table 3, taken from their original manuscript. The incidence of alopecia in CMF group should have been 39.3%, not 9.3%. The correct data are now shown, below.

Table 1 Adverse events