Nat. Rev. Clin. Oncol. (2016); published online: 26 July 2016; updated: 4 October 2016

I wish to retract the News & Views article 'Are circRNAs involved in cancer pathogenesis?' (Nat. Rev. Clin. Oncol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2016.113; 2016), owing to irreconcilable differences with the journal editors over correction of the text. Carlo M. Croce