# RETRACTION: Evaluation of Bevacizumab Biosimilar on Wound Healing Complications in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Undergoing Endoscopic Mucosal Resection: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis in Anorectal Medicine

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70522 · International Wound Journal · 2025-04-21

## TL;DR

This retracted study claimed to evaluate a biosimilar drug's effect on wound healing in colorectal cancer patients but was found to have used a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's findings and conclusions are invalid due to a flawed peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The study's results cannot be trusted or relied upon.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

LiY.
, 
MeiZ.
, 
ShiL.
, 
WanY.
, 
ZhouX.
, 
ZengT.
, 
LiuY.
, 
YangJ. Y.
, and 
ShiZ.
, “Evaluation of Bevacizumab Biosimilar on Wound Healing Complications in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Undergoing Endoscopic Mucosal Resection: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis in Anorectal Medicine,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 1 (2024): e14638, 10.1111/iwj.14638.38272807
PMC10805537

The above article, published online on 23 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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:** Colorectal cancer (MONDO:0005575)

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Colorectal Cancer (MESH:D015179)
- **Chemicals:** Bevacizumab (MESH:D000068258)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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