Correction to: Br J Cancer (2018) 118: 727–732; https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2017.486; published online 13 February 2018

Since the publication of this paper, the authors noticed that James E. East was assigned to the incorrect affiliation. The affiliation information is provided correctly, above.

Furthermore, the authors would like to add the following information to the Acknowledgements section: