Relationship between circulating inflammatory factors and glioma risk and prognosis: A meta-analysis.

Yuan FengJia WangDezhong TanPeng ChengAnhua Wu

Published in: Cancer medicine (2019)

Our results indicate that increased circulating IL-6, IL-8, IL-17, TNF-α, TGF-β, and CRP levels are significantly associated with increased glioma risk. Moreover, our meta-analysis suggests that circulating IL-6 and CRP may serve as powerful biomarkers for a poor prognosis in glioma patients.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
systematic review
long non coding rna
end stage renal disease
rheumatoid arthritis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
randomized controlled trial
meta analyses
signaling pathway
patient reported