Correction to: Cell Death and Disease (2013) 4, e489; doi:10.1038/cddis.2013.17; published online 7 February 2013

Since the publication of this article the authors have requested that ‘carcinoma’ should be added to the title.

The corrected title is shown above. The article with the correct title appears online together with this corrigendum.

The authors would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused.