Article on Reduced Plasma RNA Integrity

In the article on reduced plasma RNA integrity in the April 15th issue of Clinical Cancer Research, the y axes of Fig. 1C and Fig. 4 should be “3′ GAPDH mRNA concentration in plasma (copies/mL)” and “3′- to -5′ GAPDH mRNA ratio in plasma,” respectively. Also, the legend for Fig. 4 should read, as follows: Measurement of plasma RNA integrity in NPC patients before and after radiotherapy. Each line represents one plasma sample from one subject. RNA integrity was defined as the ratio of 3′ to 5′ GAPDH mRNA concentrations, as determined by real-time quantitative reverse transcription-PCR assays targeting the 5′ and 3′ ends of the transcript.

Wong BCK, Chan KCA, Chan ATC, et al: Reduced plasma RNA integrity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. Clin Cancer Res 2006;12:2512–6.