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CORRECTION Open Access Correction: An ultrasonographic evaluation of skin thickness in breast cancer patients after postmastectomy radiation therapy Sharon Wong 1,2 , Amarjit Kaur 2 , Michael Back 3 , Khai Mun Lee 4 , Shaun Baggarley 4 , Jiade Jay Lu 1,4* Correction Following publication of our article [1], we noticed that the skin thickness measurement units stated in the manuscript were incorrect. The correct units of mea- surement is centimeters (cm) and not millimeters (mm) as indicated in the article. This, however, does not change the statistical findings. Author details 1 National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119077. 2 Nanyang Polytechnic, School of Health Sciences, 180 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 Singapore 569830. 3 Northern Sydney Cancer Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales 2065, Australia. 4 National University Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, National University of Singapore, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Tower Block, Level 7, Singapore 119 228. Received: 18 February 2011 Accepted: 18 February 2011 Published: 18 February 2011 Reference 1. Wong Sharon, Kaur Amarjit, Back Michael, Khai Mun Lee, Shaun Baggarley, Jiade JAY Lu: An ultrasonographic evaluation of skin thickness in breast cancer patients after postmastectomy radiation therapy. Radiation Oncology 2011, 6:9. doi:10.1186/1748-717X-6-18 Cite this article as: Wong et al.: Correction: An ultrasonographic evaluation of skin thickness in breast cancer patients after postmastectomy radiation therapy. Radiation Oncology 2011 6:18. Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: Convenient online submission Thorough peer review No space constraints or color figure charges Immediate publication on acceptance Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar Research which is freely available for redistribution Submit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit * Correspondence: [email protected] 1 National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119077 Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Wong et al. Radiation Oncology 2011, 6:18 http://www.ro-journal.com/content/6/1/18 © 2011 Wong et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Correction: An ultrasonographic evaluation ofskin thickness in breast cancer patients afterpostmastectomy radiation therapySharon Wong1,2, Amarjit Kaur2, Michael Back3, Khai Mun Lee4, Shaun Baggarley4, Jiade Jay Lu1,4*

CorrectionFollowing publication of our article [1], we noticed thatthe skin thickness measurement units stated in themanuscript were incorrect. The correct units of mea-surement is centimeters (cm) and not millimeters (mm)as indicated in the article. This, however, does notchange the statistical findings.

Author details1National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119077. 2Nanyang Polytechnic, Schoolof Health Sciences, 180 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 Singapore 569830. 3NorthernSydney Cancer Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New SouthWales 2065, Australia. 4National University Cancer Institute, Department ofRadiation Oncology, National University of Singapore, 1E Kent Ridge Road,Tower Block, Level 7, Singapore 119 228.

Received: 18 February 2011 Accepted: 18 February 2011Published: 18 February 2011

Reference1. Wong Sharon, Kaur Amarjit, Back Michael, Khai Mun Lee, Shaun Baggarley,

Jiade JAY Lu: An ultrasonographic evaluation of skin thickness in breastcancer patients after postmastectomy radiation therapy. RadiationOncology 2011, 6:9.

doi:10.1186/1748-717X-6-18Cite this article as: Wong et al.: Correction: An ultrasonographicevaluation of skin thickness in breast cancer patients afterpostmastectomy radiation therapy. Radiation Oncology 2011 6:18.

Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Centraland take full advantage of:

• Convenient online submission

• Thorough peer review

• No space constraints or color figure charges

• Immediate publication on acceptance

• Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar

• Research which is freely available for redistribution

Submit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit

* Correspondence: [email protected] University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119077Full list of author information is available at the end of the article

Wong et al. Radiation Oncology 2011, 6:18http://www.ro-journal.com/content/6/1/18

© 2011 Wong et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative CommonsAttribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction inany medium, provided the original work is properly cited.