SAJO South African Journal of Oncology 2518-8704 2523-0646 AOSIS SAJO-5-190 10.4102/sajo.v5i0.190 Correction Erratum: Understanding bias in the medical literature: With reflections on metastasectomy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5434-8534 Macbeth Fergus 1 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7509-0512 Webster Angela 2 3 Centre for Trials Research, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia Corresponding author: Fergus Macbeth, fergus.macbeth@btinternet.com 17112021 2021 5 190 © 2021. The Authors 2021 Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.

In the version of this article initially published, Macbeth F, Webster A. Understanding bias in the medical literature: With reflections on metastasectomy. S. Afr. j. oncol. 2020;4(0), a144. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajo.v4i0.144, on page 4, the journal name, Trails, was misinterpreted and set incorrectly.

The sentence is therefore corrected to:

Publication bias is seen by the fact that both the CLOCC and SABR-COMET trials were published in relatively high impact oncology journals (JNCI and Lancet, respectively), whereas PulMiCC was turned down by several journals before being published initially in a lower profile, more general open access journal, Trials.11

This correction does not alter the study’s findings of significance or overall interpretation of the study results. The publisher apologises for any inconvenience caused.

How to cite this article: Macbeth F, Webster A. Erratum: Understanding bias in the medical literature: With reflections on metastasectomy. S. Afr. j. oncol. 2021;5(0), a190. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajo.v5i0.190

Note: DOI link to the original article: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajo.v4i0.144