CORRECTION article

Front. Oncol., 19 September 2024

Sec. Breast Cancer

Volume 14 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1481345

Corrigendum: Long-term oncologic outcomes following breast cancer surgery in adolescents and young adults: a single-center retrospective analysis

  • 1. Qingdao Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

  • 2. Department of Pathology, Qingdao Central Hospital, Qingdao, China

  • 3. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digestive Cancer Research, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China

  • 4. Department of Breast Surgery, Qingdao Central Hospital, Qingdao, China

  • 5. Department of Breast Surgery, Xiangdong Hospital Affiliated to Hunan Normal University, Liling, China

In the published article, there was an error in Table 2 as published. The term “Median OS” were incorrectly used. The correct term should be “Mean OS,” as the statistical analysis was based on mean values. The corrected Table 2 and its caption appear below.

Table 2

Before PSM (N = 580)After PSM (N = 152)
AYA patients
(N = 500)
OA patients
(N = 80)
p valueAYA patients
(N = 76)
OA patients
(N = 76)
p value
Death during the follow-up14 (17.5%)28 (5.6%)< 0.001***13 (17.1%)2 (2.6%)0.003**
Mean OS (95% CI)118.0 (110.2 - 125.7)131.3 (129.2 - 133.4)< 0.001***118.4 (110.6 - 126.3)121.1 (117.2 - 125.1)0.003**
1-year OS rate, %98.8%98.8%98.7%98.7%
3-year OS rate, %93.8%97.2%93.4%97.4%
5-year OS rate, %85.0%95.8%85.5%97.4%
10-year OS rate, %82.4%94.4%82.8%97.4%

Long-term OS outcomes before and after propensity score matching.

AYA, adolescents and young adult; OA, older adult; OS, overall survival; CI, confidence interval; PSM, propensity score match; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

In the published article, there was an error in Table 3 as published. The term “Median RFS” were incorrectly used. The correct term should be “Mean RFS,” as the statistical analysis was based on mean values. The corrected Table 3 and its caption appear below.

Table 3

Before PSM (N = 580)After PSM (N = 152)
AYA patients
(N = 80)
OA patients
(N = 500)
p valueAYA patients
(N = 76)
OA patients
(N = 76)
p value
Recurrence during the follow-up29 (36.3%)67 (13.4%)< 0.001***28 (36.8%)7 (9.2%)< 0.001***
Mean RFS (95% CI)95.4 (84.5 - 106.3)117.1 (114.1 - 120.0)< 0.001***95.0 (83.8 - 106.2)115.3 (108.7 - 121.8)< 0.001***
1-year RFS rate, %96.3%97.0%96.1%96.1%
3-year RFS rate, %75.0%92.4%75.0%93.4%
5-year RFS rate, %67.5%89.4%67.1%92.1%
10-year RFS rate, %60.7%85.1%60.0%92.1%

Long-term RFS outcomes before and after propensity score matching.

AYA, adolescents and young adult; OA, older adult; RFS, recurrence-free survival; CI, confidence interval; PSM, propensity score match; ***p < 0.001.

In the published article, there was an error. The terms “median OS” and “median RFS” were incorrectly used in the original article. The correct terms should be “mean OS” and “mean RFS,” as the statistical analysis was based on mean values.

A correction has been made to Abstract, Results, line 8. This section previously stated:

“median OS”

The corrected term appears below:

“mean OS”

A correction has been made to Comparisons of prognostic outcomes, the first paragraph, lines 6 and 17. This section previously stated:

“median OS”

The corrected term appears below:

“mean OS”

A correction has been made to Comparisons of prognostic outcomes, second paragraph, lines 6 and 16. This section previously stated:

“median RFS”

The corrected term appears below:

“mean RFS”

A correction has been made to Conclusions, the first paragraph, line 8. This section previously stated:

“median OS”

The corrected term appears below:

“mean OS”

The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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Keywords

breast cancer, age, young, clinicopathological characteristics, prognosis

Citation

Liu X, Ma Z, Chu H, Nie W, Sun G, Zhao K and Zou X (2024) Corrigendum: Long-term oncologic outcomes following breast cancer surgery in adolescents and young adults: a single-center retrospective analysis. Front. Oncol. 14:1481345. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1481345

Received

15 August 2024

Accepted

05 September 2024

Published

19 September 2024

Volume

14 - 2024

Edited and reviewed by

Haiyan Li, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, China

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*Correspondence: Kaihua Zhao, ; Xiao Zou,

†These authors have contributed equally to this work

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