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Retraction Note: Astragalus saponins affect proliferation, invasion and apoptosis of gastric cancer BGC-823 cells

Diagnostic Pathology volume 12, Article number: 67 (2017) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 24 October 2013

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This article has been retracted by the authors [1] because large portions of text have been duplicated from a number of previously published articles, including Tin et al., 2007 [2] and Auyeung et al., 2009 [3]. All authors agree with the retraction.

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  1. Department of Hemato-tumor, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of TCM, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China

    Tao Wang & Ping Gao

  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaoyan Xuan, Min Li, Wenqiao Zang & Guoqiang Zhao

  3. Henan University of TCM, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China

    Yuling Zheng

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Wang, T., Xuan, X., Li, M. et al. Retraction Note: Astragalus saponins affect proliferation, invasion and apoptosis of gastric cancer BGC-823 cells. Diagn Pathol 12, 67 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13000-017-0657-9

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