<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v2.0 20040830//EN" "journalpublishing.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="2.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="correction"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">J Med Internet Res</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">jmir</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="index">1</journal-id><journal-title>Journal of Medical Internet Research</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title>J Med Internet Res</abbrev-journal-title><issn pub-type="epub">1438-8871</issn><publisher><publisher-name>JMIR Publications</publisher-name><publisher-loc>Toronto, Canada</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">v28i1e110851</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.2196/110851</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Corrigenda and Addenda</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Correction: Evaluation of the Applicability of Synthetic Data in the Development of Colorectal Cancer Survival Prediction Models: External Validation of Advanced Machine Learning Models Based on National Cancer Data Center Data</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name name-style="western"><surname>Jang</surname><given-names>Yujeong</given-names></name><degrees>BS</degrees><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">1</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kwon</surname><given-names>Jae Hoon</given-names></name><degrees>MS</degrees><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">1</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kim</surname><given-names>Heeyong</given-names></name><degrees>BS</degrees><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name name-style="western"><surname>Joung</surname><given-names>You-Jin</given-names></name><degrees>BS</degrees><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">1</xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">3</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes" equal-contrib="yes"><name name-style="western"><surname>&#x200D;Nang</surname><given-names>Junho</given-names></name><degrees>PhD</degrees><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">4</xref><xref ref-type="fn" rid="equal-contrib1">*</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" equal-contrib="yes"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kim</surname><given-names>Chang Hyun</given-names></name><degrees>MD, PhD</degrees><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">2</xref><xref ref-type="fn" rid="equal-contrib1">*</xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><institution>Department of Regulatory Science, Kyung Hee University</institution><addr-line>Seoul</addr-line><country>Republic of Korea</country></aff><aff id="aff2"><institution>Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital</institution><addr-line>322 Seoyang-ro</addr-line><addr-line>Hwasun</addr-line><country>Republic of Korea</country></aff><aff id="aff3"><institution>C&#x0026;R Research</institution><addr-line>Seoul</addr-line><country>Republic of Korea</country></aff><aff id="aff4"><institution>Clinical Trial Center, Institute for Biomedical Science, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital</institution><addr-line>322, Seoyang-ro, Hwasun-eup</addr-line><addr-line>Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do</addr-line><country>Republic of Korea</country></aff><author-notes><corresp>Correspondence to Junho &#x200D;Nang, PhD, Clinical Trial Center, Institute for Biomedical Science, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, 322, Seoyang-ro, Hwasun-eup, Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea, 82 10-8940-1365; <email>cherryswan@khu.ac.kr</email></corresp><fn fn-type="equal" id="equal-contrib1"><label>*</label><p>these authors contributed equally</p></fn></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>10</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>28</volume><elocation-id>e110851</elocation-id><history><date date-type="received"><day>31</day><month>08</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>21</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></date></history><copyright-statement>&#x00A9; Junho &#x200D;Nang, Chang Hyun Kim, Yujeong Jang, Jae Hoon Kwon, Heeyong Kim, You-Jin Joung. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://www.jmir.org">https://www.jmir.org</ext-link>), 30.10.2026. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link>), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (ISSN 1438-8871), is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://www.jmir.org/">https://www.jmir.org/</ext-link>, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.</p></license><self-uri xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="https://www.jmir.org/2026/1/e110851"/><related-article related-article-type="corrected-article" ext-link-type="doi" xlink:href="10.2196/86087" xlink:title="Correction of" xlink:type="simple">https://www.jmir.org/2026/1/e86087</related-article></article-meta></front><body><p>In &#x201C;Evaluation of the Applicability of Synthetic Data in the Development of Colorectal Cancer Survival Prediction Models: External Validation of Advanced Machine Learning Models Based on National Cancer Data Center Data&#x201D; [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1">1</xref>], the authors noted one error.</p><p>The Funding section was revised from the following:</p><disp-quote><p>This research was supported by the Korea-Hwasun Oncology Precision Biomedicine &#x0026; Experimental Trials Project, a research and development project commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Republic of Korea (grant RS-2025-00433283), and by the Development of an AI-Driven Platform for Clinical Validation in Senior Healthcare Focused on Degenerative Brain Diseases through the Korea Planning and Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (grant RS-2024-00433283).</p></disp-quote><p>The corrected Funding section now reads:</p><disp-quote><p>This research was supported by the SmartTech Clinical Research Center under the Korea Health Technology R&#x0026;D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health &#x0026; Welfare, Republic of Korea (grant RS-2025&#x2010;19252970), and by the Development of an AI-Driven Platform for Clinical Validation in Senior Healthcare Focused on Degenerative Brain Diseases through the Korea Planning and Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (grant RS-2024&#x2010;00433283).</p></disp-quote><p>The correction will appear in the online version of the paper on the JMIR Publications website together with the publication of this correction notice. 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