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Correction: Bar-Sela et al. Cannabis Consumption Used by Cancer Patients during Immunotherapy Correlates with Poor Clinical Outcome. Cancers 2020, 12, 2447

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Cancer Center, Emek Medical Center, 21 Yitzhak Rabin Blvd, Afula 1834111, Israel
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Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 320002, Israel
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The Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Cannabinoid Research, Department of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 320003, Israel
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Statistic Unit, Emek Medical Center, Afula 1834111, Israel
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Division of Oncology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 320002, Israel
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Cancers 2022, 14(8), 1957; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14081957
Submission received: 22 March 2022 / Accepted: 8 April 2022 / Published: 13 April 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cannabinoids and Cancer)

Error in Table

In the original article [1], there was a mistake in Table 1 as published. Typing errors were made regarding demographics and medical conditions data. The corrected Table 1 appears below.
The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused and state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. The original article has been updated.

Reference

  1. Bar-Sela, G.; Cohen, I.; Campisi-Pinto, S.; Lewitus, G.M.; Oz-Ari, L.; Jehassi, A.; Peer, A.; Turgeman, I.; Vernicova, O.; Berman, P.; et al. Cannabis Consumption Used by Cancer Patients during Immunotherapy Correlates with Poor Clinical Outcome. Cancers 2020, 12, 2447. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Table 1. Demographics and medical conditions.
Table 1. Demographics and medical conditions.
CharacteristicsCannabis Non-Users
N = 68
Cannabis Users
N = 34
p-Value
Age in years median (range)69 (18–92)66 (37–85)
Gender—N (%)
Female22 (32.4)10 (29.5)
Male46 (67.6)24 (70.5)0.9399
Performance Status
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
(ECOG)—N (%)
1≤55 (80.8)24 (70.5)0.3568
≥213 (19.1)10 (29.4)0.3568
Chronic diseases per patient—N (%)
022 (32.3)13 (22.0)0.7124
116 (23.5)7 (20.5)0.9332
2 or more30 (44.1)14 (41.1)0.9437
Background diseases—N (%)
Chronic heart disease18 (26.4)5 (14.7)0.2762
Diabetes17 (25.0)6 (17.6)0.5576
High blood pressure34 (50.0)13 (34.1)0.3612
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)9 (13.2)3 (8.8)1
Hyperlipidemia23 (33.8)7 (20.5)0.2491
Other2 (2.9)0 (0.0)1
Type of malignancy—N (%)
Non-small cell lung cancer37 (54.4)20 (58.8)0.8325
Melanoma25 (36.7)9 (26.4)0.414
Renal cell carcinoma4 (5.8)2 (5.8)1
Other2 (2.9)3 (8.8)1
Main site of metastasis—N (%)
Brain12 (17.6)8 (13.2)0.6593
Lungs39 (57.3)23 (67.6)0.4303
Liver13 (19.1)11 (32.3)0.2157
Immunotherapy given as—N (%)
First line of treatment31 (45.5)8 (23.5)0.05178
Second line of treatment or more37 (54.4)26 (76.4)0.05178
Checkpoint therapy—N (%)
Anti PD1: Pembrolizumab or Nivolumab47 (69.1)29 (85.2)0.127
Ipilimumab and Nivolumab16 (23.5)4 (11.7)0.2517
Anti PDL-1: Durvalumab or Atezolizumab5 (7.3)1 (2.9)1
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Bar-Sela, G.; Cohen, I.; Campisi-Pinto, S.; Lewitus, G.M.; Oz-Ari, L.; Jehassi, A.; Peer, A.; Turgeman, I.; Vernicova, O.; Berman, P.; et al. Correction: Bar-Sela et al. Cannabis Consumption Used by Cancer Patients during Immunotherapy Correlates with Poor Clinical Outcome. Cancers 2020, 12, 2447. Cancers 2022, 14, 1957. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14081957

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Bar-Sela G, Cohen I, Campisi-Pinto S, Lewitus GM, Oz-Ari L, Jehassi A, Peer A, Turgeman I, Vernicova O, Berman P, et al. Correction: Bar-Sela et al. Cannabis Consumption Used by Cancer Patients during Immunotherapy Correlates with Poor Clinical Outcome. Cancers 2020, 12, 2447. Cancers. 2022; 14(8):1957. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14081957

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Bar-Sela, Gil, Idan Cohen, Salvatore Campisi-Pinto, Gil M. Lewitus, Lanuel Oz-Ari, Ayellet Jehassi, Avivit Peer, Ilit Turgeman, Olga Vernicova, Paula Berman, and et al. 2022. "Correction: Bar-Sela et al. Cannabis Consumption Used by Cancer Patients during Immunotherapy Correlates with Poor Clinical Outcome. Cancers 2020, 12, 2447" Cancers 14, no. 8: 1957. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14081957

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