Clinical Study
Cytokines, Fatigue, and Cutaneous Erythema in Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Adjuvant Radiation Therapy
Table 2
Cytokine levels at baseline compared to postradiotherapy levels (
values).
| | Mean values of cytokines (pg/mL) | | IL- | IL-2 | IL-6 | IL-8 | MCP-1 | TNF- |
| HD | 0.106 | 2.103 | 0.921 | 3.241 | 350.54 | 0.948 | Patients pre-RT | 1.9 | 3.05 | 2.65 | 5.309 | 245.52 | 1.41 | Patients 4 weeks after RT | 4.27 | 4.84 | 12.95 | 19.03 | 480.38 | 4.84 | Patients 6 months after RT | 3.49 | 3.58 | 6.34 | 7.83 | 379.97 | 3.58 | -test (HD versus pre-RT) | | 0.00278* | | 0.42687 | 0.04959* | | -test (pre-RT versus 4 w) | 0.02682* | 0.00016* | 0.04853* | 0.05191 | 0.06744 | 0.00165* | -test (pre-RT versus 6 m) | 0.09564 | 0.0673 | 0.3087 | 0.05585 | 0.24408 | 0.00826* |
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