# RETRACTION: The Effect of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Surgical Site Wound Infection after Immediate Breast Reconstruction in Patients With Breast Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70314 · 2025-03-06

## TL;DR

This paper is a retraction notice for a study that claimed to analyze the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on wound infections after breast reconstruction.

## Contribution

The paper does not present new research but formally retracts a previously published meta-analysis due to a flawed peer review process.

## Key findings

- The original study was retracted because it was accepted based on a compromised peer review.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

ZhangC.
, 
LiJ.
, 
WangL.
, 
SunS.
, and 
ChenC.
, “The Effect of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Surgical Site Wound Infection after Immediate Breast Reconstruction in Patients With Breast Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 1 (2024): e14337, 10.1111/iwj.14337.37548134
PMC10777744

The above article, published online on 07 August 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.

## Linked entities

- **Diseases:** breast cancer (MONDO:0004989)

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Breast Cancer (MESH:D001943), Wound Infection (MESH:D014946)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11884891