# RETRACTION: Effect of Radiation Therapy During Surgery on Postoperative Wound Complications after Breast Reconstruction in Patients With Breast Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70367 · International Wound Journal · 2025-03-17

## TL;DR

This retracted paper originally claimed to analyze how radiation therapy during surgery affects wound complications in breast cancer patients.

## Contribution

The paper's meta-analysis was retracted due to a compromised peer review process, indicating no valid new contribution.

## Key findings

- The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- No findings are valid due to the retraction.

## Abstract

RETRACTION: 
HuangN.
, 
LiuL.
, 
QinY.
, and 
XieY.
, “Effect of Radiation Therapy During Surgery on Postoperative Wound Complications after Breast Reconstruction in Patients With Breast Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 2 (2024): e14473, 10.1111/iwj.14473.PMC1082852837905575

The above article, published online on 31 October 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 indicate their agreement with the retraction.

## Linked entities

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

## Full-text entities

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

## Full text

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