Submission Guidelines – Errata

Title page Required - For each author: first and last name, highest No restrictions academic degree, and affiliation - Corresponding author: complete mailing address, phone and fax numbers, email address - Conflict of interest statement; if no disclosures, write “Conflicts of interest: none.” Errata - Please explain the correction/addition that is to be ≤200 words made. - Any changes to the author list will also require a letter signed by all original authors. References Required - Please cite the original article that is being amended - Citation formatting details provided below Figure/Table Option - If applicable, please provide an updated version of 1 figure/table the figure or table in question. Uniform Required - Available for download at www.icmje.org/ Must be completed at Disclosure for EACH coi_disclosure.pdf time of submission Forms author

Authors are encouraged to report errors in their work to be corrected in the literature. Errata are published in the printed journal and linked back to the original manuscript electronically. The Editor-in-Chief makes all decisions on whether errata are published. The journal may choose not to publish errata from authors regarding omissions in authorship and funding sources.

Creating an Erratum

Title Page  Complete byline, including each author's full name and highest earned academic degree(s); each author's complete affiliation( s), including department(s), institution(s), city, state, and country; the name and complete mailing address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the corresponding author  Acknowledgment of grant or other financial support, meeting presentation, or assistance with manuscript preparation or data collection  Conflict of Interest Notification: state explicitly whether any actual or potential conflicts of interest do or do not exist. Provide additional detail, as necessary, in the accompanying cover letter.

References - References must be cited and numbered in consecutive numerical order as they first appear in the text and listed in consecutive numerical (not alphabetical) order in this . The author is responsible for the accuracy of all references. The following reference style must be used, and the author should also refer to the "Uniform Requirements" and the American Medical Association Manual of Style for other examples and conventions. For authors using EndNote software, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics is an available output style.

Reference Style Author(s) surnames and initials, that is, the names of the first three authors followed by et al.; article title (with subtitle if any), journal abbreviation in italics, year, volume number, part or supplement number, and inclusive page numbers. If the paper has been seen only in abstract form, this should be indicated at the end of the original reference by the addition of the word [Abstract]. Likewise, if the reference is to a volume with a supplement, the supplement number with the abbreviation [Suppl.] should be included. References to must include the names of the authors, title, edition number, city of publication, publisher, and year. References to chapters in books must include the names of the editors and the title after the name(s) of the author(s) and the title. Examples of references using the AMA numbered style follow:

1. Davis JT, Allen HD, Powers JD, et al. Population requirements for capitation planning in pediatric cardiac surgery. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1996;150:257-259. 2. Champlin RER, Feig SA, Ho WG, et al. Bone marrow transplantation for acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission: Importance of extramedullary involvement [Abstract]. Blood 1982;60 (Suppl. 1):165a. 3. Ringsven MK, Bond D. Gerontology and leadership skills for nurses. 2nd ed. Albany (NY): Delmar Publishers; 1996. 4. Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh JH, Brenner BM, editors. Hypertension: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management. 2nd ed. NewYork: RavenPress; 1995. pp. 465-478.

Figure - Four-color figures may be submitted, but the author assumes all costs for printing in color if elected. All color figures are published free of charge in the online version of articles. Patient anonymity must be ensured at all times; do not use patient names, initials, hospital numbers, or other identification in the figures or legends. In clinical photographs, identities of patients should be masked or otherwise cropped.

Previously published figures must be accompanied by written permission to reprint from the publisher and authors, with sources cited in the text.

For further details in the preparation of artwork and the types of files that are acceptable for publication, please go to www.elsevier.com/locate/artwork.

Tables - Uploaded in a Word document. Tables should be typed on separate pages. Each table number (1, 2, 3, etc.) should be headed by a brief, specific title. Previously published tables must be accompanied by written permission to reprint from the publisher and authors, with sources cited in the text. Acknowledgments to previously published material should be given in a footnote to the table, and the source should be included in the References section (see Permissions). All abbreviations used in the table must be defined in the footnotes. Footnotes should be ordered as they first appear in the table with the following standard symbols: *(asterisk), † (dagger), †† (double dagger), || (parallel mark), ¶ (paragraph symbol), and # (number sign).

Supplemental Materials - This material will be posted on the Journal's website and a footnote will be added to the opening page indicating that "Supplementary material or appendices for this article can be found at www.redjournal.org." It is recommended that authors indicate this Web site in the text where the material is cited and number the material as Table e1 or Figure e1, etc. Appendices should be numbered Appendix eI or eII, etc. Supplementary material will not be typeset or edited by the publisher.