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30 December 2025

RETRACTED: Ahmad et al. Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications of Cell Death Induction by Indole Compounds. Cancers 2011, 3, 2955–2974

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Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Cancers2026, 18(1), 114;https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers18010114 
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This article belongs to the Special Issue Cell Death and Cancer
The journal retracts the article titled “Mechanisms and therapeutic implications of cell death induction by indole compounds” [1], cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Editorial Office regarding the reliability of a number of cited studies contained within this review article [1].
Adhering to our standard procedure, an investigation was conducted that confirmed the presence of a significant number of citations that could not be considered valid in the context of this review. As a result, the Editorial Board have lost confidence in the overall findings and have decided to retract this review article [1] as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30).
The authors did not provide a comment on this decision.

Reference

  1. Ahmad, A.; Sakr, W.A.; Rahman, K.W. RETRACTED: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications of Cell Death Induction by Indole Compounds. Cancers 2011, 3, 2955–2974. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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