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Genetic and nongenetic covariates of pain severity in patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas: assessing the influence of cytokine genes.
Journal of pain and symptom management - 1 Dec 2009
Reyes-Gibby Cielito C, Shete Sanjay, Yennurajalingam Sriram, Frazier Marsha, Bruera Eduardo, Kurzrock Razelle, Crane Christopher H, Abbruzzese James, Evans Douglas, Spitz Margaret R
Abstract excerpt
We previously demonstrated that select cytokine gene polymorphisms in interleukin (IL)-8 are a significant predictor of pain and analgesia in patients with lung cancer. This study explores the role of 13 potentially functional polymorphisms in cytokine genes, including IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-18, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and nuclear factor kappa-B subunit 1, in pain severity in patients with...
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