Front. Oncol. Frontiers in Oncology Front. Oncol. 2234-943X Frontiers Media S.A. 10.3389/fonc.2016.00032 Oncology Correction Corrigendum: A Simpler Energy Transfer Efficiency Model to Predict Relative Biological Effect for Protons and Heavier Ions Jones Bleddyn 1 * 1Department of Oncology, Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, Oxford, UK

Edited and Reviewed by: Francis A. Cucinotta, University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA

 *Correspondence: Bleddyn Jones, bleddyn.jones@oncology.ox.ac.uk

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 A corrigendum on A Simpler Energy Transfer Efficiency Model to Predict Relative Biological Effect for Protons and Heavier Ions by Jones B. Front Oncol (2015) 5:184. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2015.00184 RBE protons ions radiotherapy radiobiology

An error was caused by inaccurate transcription of one equation from the computer programmes in the above paper (1). On page 4 of the above article, in the paragraph before Eq. 9, the biological ‘inefficiency’ should be expressed by (LETx − LETU)/(LETx − LETC), that is the local energy deposition (LETx) in excess of the maximum efficiency energy deposition (LETU), divided by the local energy deposition that exceeds that imparted by the control radiation (LETC).

This means that Eq. 9 should be modified to be: αH=αL+(1−LETx−LETULETx−LETC)⋅(αU−αL)

The author apologises for this error, although is pleased to state that the graphical displays were all achieved using the correct equation as given above.

Conflict of Interest Statement

The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

 Reference Jones BA. Simpler energy transfer efficiency model to predict relative biological effect for protons and heavier ions. Front Oncol (2015) 5:184.10.3389/fonc.2015.00184