Correction to: Modern Pathology advance online publication, 1 February 2013; doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2012.230

The title of this article should be ‘Fuhrman grade has no added value in prediction of mortality after partial or radical nephrectomy for chromophobe renal cell carcinoma patients.’ The first sentence of the abstract should be ‘Our objective was to test whether Fuhrman grade (FG) is applicable in the context of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma patients treated with partial and radical nephrectomy.’ The first sentence of the Introduction should be ‘Fuhrman grade (FG) represents an important prognostic factor in patients with renal cell carcinoma.’