Erratum to Genetic and molecular changes in ovarian cancer
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* Robert L Hollis
* Charlie Gourley

In the published article1, some errors appeared on page 238, **Figure 1**, and reference list. The editors and the authors apologize for the errors and for any confusion theymay have caused. On page238, the sentence of "affecting 20% and 17.5% of cases" should be changed to "and that inactivation of these genesoccurs in 17.5% and 20% of cases".

The correct **Figure 1** should be as following.

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Common molecular events identified in HGS OC, including genetic and epigenetic defects in HRR pathway components (right).

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*   Accepted March 25, 2017.


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