Text Correction
There was an error in the Results section of the original publication [1]: “The original contributions presented in this study are included in the Supplementary Materials”. A correction has been made and this has been updated to “The dataset is available only upon request to the first author”.
There was an error in Section 4.1 of the original publication [1] “4.1. What Does the Study Add to Current Knowledge?”: “To further support this, we have included the dataset in the Supplementary Materials to encourage its use in future meta-analyses”. This sentence has been removed.
There was an error in the Supplementary Materials note included in the original publication [1]: “The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/cancers17020167/s1, Dataset of subjects with Hepatocarcinoma (HCC) selected in this study”. This sentence has been removed.
There was an error in Section 3.5 of the original publication [1], “3.5. Analysis of Diagnostic Threshold for PIVKA-II”: “The area under curve (AUC) was found to be 0.816”. This has been changed to “The area under the curve (AUC) was found to be 0.817”.
There was an error in Section 3.6 of the original publication [1], “3.6. Comparison of Diagnostic Thresholds for PIVKA-II and AFP”: “The comparison of PIVKA-II and AFP as diagnostic tools for HCC revealed superior performance for PIVKA-II. Specifically, the AUC for AFP was 0.674 (95% CI 0.598–0.750, p < 0.0001), which was significantly lower than the AUC of PIVKA-II (0.815; 95% CI 0.754–0.876 p < 0.0001)”. This has been corrected to “The comparison of PIVKA-II and AFP as diagnostic tools for HCC revealed superior performance for PIVKA-II. Specifically, the AUC for AFP was 0.674 (95% CI 0.596–0.750, p < 0.001), which was significantly lower than the AUC of PIVKA-II (0.815; 95% CI 0.754–0.876 p < 0.001)”.
There was an error in the Data Availability Statement in the original publication [1]: “The dataset used during the current study is available from the corresponding author on reasonable request”. This has been corrected to “The dataset is available only upon request to the first author”.
Remove Supplementary Materials
There was an error in the Supplementary Materials in the original publication [1], the file has been removed.
Error in Table
In the original publication, there was a mistake in Table 1 as published. The corrected Table 1 appears below.
Table 1.
Baseline clinical and demography features of patients enrolled.
The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused and state that their scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.
Reference
- Guarneri, V.; Loggi, E.; Ramacieri, G.; Serra, C.; Vukotic, R.; Vitale, G.; Scuteri, A.; Cursaro, C.; Margotti, M.; Galli, S.; et al. Diagnostic Performance of PIVKA-II in Italian Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cancers 2025, 17, 167. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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