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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">SAJO</journal-id>
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<journal-title>South African Journal of Oncology</journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="ppub">2518-8704</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">2523-0646</issn>
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<publisher-name>AOSIS</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">SAJO-5-146</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4102/sajo.v5i0.146</article-id>
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<subject>Retraction Notice</subject>
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<article-title>Retraction notice to: High incidence of cisplatin-induced ototoxicity in paediatric patients in the Western Cape, South Africa. S Afr j oncol. 2018;2(0):a41</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2535-9856</contrib-id>
<name>
<surname>Phanguphangu</surname>
<given-names>Mukovhe</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="AF0001">1</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="AF0002">2</xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9109-9103</contrib-id>
<name>
<surname>Ramma</surname>
<given-names>Lebogang</given-names>
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<aff id="AF0001"><label>1</label>Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa</aff>
<aff id="AF0002"><label>2</label>Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Fort Hare, South Africa</aff>
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<corresp id="cor1"><bold>Corresponding author:</bold> Mukovhe Phanguphangu, <email xlink:href="phnmuk001@myuct.ac.za">phnmuk001@myuct.ac.za</email></corresp>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>09</day><month>03</month><year>2021</year></pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2021</year></pub-date>
<volume>5</volume>
<elocation-id>146</elocation-id>
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<copyright-statement>&#x00A9; 2021. The Authors</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2021</copyright-year>
<license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
<license-p>Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.</license-p>
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<p><bold>Reason:</bold> The article Phanguphangu M, Ramma L. High incidence of cisplatin-induced ototoxicity in paediatric patients in the Western Cape, South Africa. S. Afr. j. oncol. 2018;2(0), a41. <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.4102/sajo.v2i0.41">https://doi.org/10.4102/sajo.v2i0.41</ext-link>, published on 23 July 2018 in the <italic>SA Journal of Oncology</italic> has been retracted by agreement between the authors (Mukovhe Phanguphangu and Lebogang Ramma), University of Cape Town Office of Research Integrity and the journal&#x2019;s Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Raymond P. Abratt, because of the likelihood that aspects of the article are invalid and could be misleading.</p>
<p>We apologise for any inconvenience to the authors and readers of the <italic>SA Journal of Oncology</italic>.</p>
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<fn><p><bold>How to cite this article:</bold> Phanguphangu M, Ramma L. Retraction notice to: High incidence of cisplatin-induced ototoxicity in paediatric patients in the Western Cape, South Africa. S Afr j oncol. 2018;2(0), a41. S Afr j oncol. 2021;5(0), a146. <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.4102/sajo.v5i0.146">https://doi.org/10.4102/sajo.v5i0.146</ext-link></p></fn>
<fn><p><bold>Doi of original article:</bold> <related-article related-article-type="retracted-article" id="RA1" ext-link-type="doi" xlink:href="10.4102/sajo.v2i0.41" vol="2" elocation-id="41">https://doi.org/10.4102/sajo.v2i0.41</related-article></p></fn>
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