Prognostic value of serum level of interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 in metastatic breast cancer patients.

Previous studies indicated that interleukins may stimulate cancer cells growth and contribute to loco regional relapse as well as metastasis. The aim in this study was to investigate the level of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) in metastatic breast cancer patients and find out the relation between the levels of these cytokines and the clinical out come of patients and to predict the value of these cytokines as independent prognostic factors. The present study was carried out on 40 women divided into two groups; the first group included 30 patients diagnosed as having metastatic breast cancer.