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FTO Gene Polymorphisms Contribute to the Predisposition and Radiotherapy Efficiency of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma [Retraction]

Authors Xiao F, Zhou J

Received 2 December 2021

Accepted for publication 2 December 2021

Published 7 December 2021 Volume 2021:14 Pages 1601—1602

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/PGPM.S352184



Xiao F, Zhou J. Pharmgenomics Pers Med. 2021;14:1239–1245.

At the authors request, the Editor and Publisher of Pharmacogenomics and Personalised Medicine wish to retract the published article. The authors have advised that despite the research being approved and authorized by the Ethics Committee of the School of Nursing of Chongqing Medical University, it also needed to be approved and authorized by the Ethics Committee of Chongqing Medical University. However, the authors were not aware of this requirement and failed to acquire the appropriate authorization prior to commencement of the study and have requested to retract the article.

The authors wish to apologise for this error.

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