Retraction highlights significant self-plagiarism and ethical violations in an anticancer therapy article.
The article titled “Apoptosis Signaling Pathways in Anticancer Therapy,” published in Current Cancer Therapy Reviews has been retracted Upon investigation, it was found that substantial portions of the article’s text closely resemble material from the authors’ previously published book chapter, excluding citations and references. Additionally, several tables and figures appear to have been reused with minimal or no modification and without proper cross-referencing. This constitutes significant self-plagiarism and violates the journal’s publication ethics. Such duplication constitutes a serious breach of publishing ethics and is considered plagiarism. In accordance with our policies, this article is hereby retracted from the journal record. We apologize to our readers and to the original author for any inconvenience caused. BENTHAM SCIENCE DISCLAIMER: It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. Furthermore, any data, illustration, structure or table that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and copyright permission for reproduction must be obtained. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden, and by submitting the article for publication the authors agree that the publishers have the legal right to take appropriate action against the authors if plagiarism or fabricated information is discovered. By submitting a manuscript the authors agree that the copyright of their article is transferred to the publishers if and when the article is accepted for publication.
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