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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JSCE</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Skin Cancer Epidemiology</journal-title>
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        <publisher-loc>United States</publisher-loc>
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          <subject>case-report </subject>
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        <article-title>Retraction Note: Non-surgical Removal of Basal Cell Carcinoma by Apis Mellifera L Venom</article-title>
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            <surname>Samia</surname>
            <given-names>Ahmed Kamal</given-names>
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        <addr-line>Ph.D. ARC, Egypt.</addr-line>
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        <label>*</label>
        <addr-line>Corresponding author</addr-line>
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          <name>
            <surname>Fatma</surname>
            <given-names>Taher</given-names>
          </name>
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      <aff id="idm1842411612">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line>Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.</addr-line>
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  Samia Ahmed Kamal, Ph.D. ARC, Egypt, Email: <email>selkabany@yahoo.com</email></corresp>
        <fn fn-type="conflict" id="idm1842320900">
          <p>The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.</p>
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        <day>29</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2020</year>
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      <volume>1</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>21</fpage>
      <lpage>22</lpage>
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        <date date-type="received">
          <day>16</day>
          <month>11</month>
          <year>2020</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>23</day>
          <month>12</month>
          <year>2020</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="online">
          <day>23</day>
          <month>12</month>
          <year>2020</year>
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        <copyright-statement>© </copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2020</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder>Samia Ahmed Kamal</copyright-holder>
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          <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
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        <kwd>skin basal cell carcinoma</kwd>
        <kwd>BCC</kwd>
        <kwd>SBCC</kwd>
        <kwd>malignancy of skin</kwd>
        <kwd>treatment of cancer</kwd>
        <kwd>bee venom</kwd>
        <kwd>anti-cancer</kwd>
        <kwd>anticancer peptides</kwd>
        <kwd>Apis Mellifera L venom</kwd>
        <kwd>Apitherapy.</kwd>
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      <title>Reason for Retraction </title>
      <p>This notice is issued by the Editor-in-Chief on behalf of the <bold>Journal of Skin Cancer Epidemiology (Open Access Pub)</bold>.</p>
      <p><bold>Citation of retracted article:</bold> Samia Ahmed Kamal (2020) Non-Surgical Removal of Basal Cell Carcinoma by Apis mellifera L Venom. <bold>Journal of Skin Cancer Epidemiology</bold> 1(1):1–15. <bold>Published 23 December 2020.</bold>        URL: <ext-link xlink:href="https://openaccesspub.org/skin-cancer-epidemiology/article/1539" ext-link-type="uri"> https://openaccesspub.org/skin-cancer-epidemiology/article/1539</ext-link>.</p>
      <p><bold>Reason for retraction:</bold> Following an editorial investigation, we confirmed <bold>redundant (duplicate) publication</bold>. A substantially similar article by the same author was <bold>previously published</bold> in Clinical Medical Reviews and Reports on <bold>10 December 2020</bold>: Samia A. Kamal. Nonsurgical Removal of Basal Cell Carcinoma by Apis Mellifera L Venom. <bold>2(9)</bold>; <bold>DOI: 10.31579/2690</bold><bold>8794/056</bold>. The earlier publication is the version of record; the JSCE article did not disclose prior publication or meet the criteria for acceptable secondary publication.</p>
      <p><bold>Process:</bold> The investigation followed COPE guidance for redundant publication. The corresponding author and the editor of the other journal were notified and given the opportunity to respond prior to this decision. The   Editor-in-Chief determined that retraction is required to correct the scholarly record.</p>
      <p><bold>Record status:</bold> The retracted article remains available to maintain the scholarly record and is clearly marked <bold>RETRACTED</bold> on the HTML and PDF. This notice links to the article, and the article links to this notice. The article’s openlicense terms remain unchanged.</p>
      <p><bold>Approvals:</bold> Approved by the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Skin Cancer Epidemiology. </p>
      <p><bold>Date of retraction: 20 December 2021</bold>. </p>
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