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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ding X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5868143 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of Cancer 20180211 5
Cytokines are vital mediators involved in tumor immunity. We aimed to explore whether the expression levels of IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-6 have impacts on prognosis of SCLC patients. In this study, we concluded 707 non-operable SCLC patients at stage III or IV into this study and analyzed the relationships between interleukins and OS/PFS by cox regression analysis and Kaplan-Meier analysis (log-rank test). As a result, under current standard chemotherapy, SCLC patients with higher IL-6 expression leve ...[more]