Correction to: British Journal of Cancer https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-021-01336-7, published online 24 March 2021

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. During the proof process the authors unfortunately removed of one the co-corresponding authors. The correct version should read: Correspondence: Rupesh Dash (rupesh.dash@gmail.com) or Ranjan K. Nanda (ranjan@icgeb.res.in). The authors apologize for the error. The original article has been corrected.