Front. Oncol. Frontiers in Oncology Front. Oncol. 2234-943X Frontiers Media S.A. 10.3389/fonc.2025.1641735 Oncology Correction Correction: Quality of life and associated factors among patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy at Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, North-East Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study Bayked Ewunetie Mekashaw 1 * Yimam Mekdes Getachew 2 Yalew Zemen Mengesha 3 Toleha Husien Nurahmed 1 Zewdie Segenet 4 1 Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia 2 Department of Oncology, Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital (DCSH), Dessie, Ethiopia 3 Department of Comprehensive Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia 4 Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Science, Injibara University, Injibara, Ethiopia

Edited and Reviewed by: Sharon R. Pine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States

*Correspondence: Ewunetie Mekashaw Bayked, emebirhan7@gmail.com

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 A Correction on Quality of life and associated factors among patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy at Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, North-East Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study By Bayked EM, Yimam MG, Yalew ZM, Toleha HN and Zewdie S (2024). Front. Oncol. 13:1288166. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1288166 cancer patients chemotherapy quality of life associated factors section-in-acceptance Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention

In the published article, under the methods subsection, i.e., data processing and analysis, “ Equation 6 ” is not correct, which was:

“ M e a n   Q L Q C 30   s u m m a r y   s c o r e =   ∑ ( F u n c t i o n a l   s c a l e s ) − ∑ ( 100 − s y m p t o m   s c a l e s ) ” 13

The error happened because we accidentally used the “minus” sign instead of the “plus” sign, although we applied the correct computation to calculate the mean QLQ_C30 summary score.

The correct formula is:

“ M e a n   Q L Q C 30   s u m m a r y   s c o r e =   ∑ ( F u n c t i o n a l   s c a l e s )   +   ∑ ( 100 − s y m p t o m   s c a l e s ) ” 13

The original version of this article has been updated.

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