From: Circulating levels of IL-6 and TGF-β1 in patients with prostate cancer undergoing radiotherapy: associations with acute radiotoxicity and fatigue symptoms
Cytokine
Before radiotherapy
After the 25th radiotherapy fraction
p
Concentration [pg/mL] median (minimum–maximum)
IL-6
4.6 (0.8–41.7)
6.3 (2.3–49.3)
< 0.001
TGF-β1
9152.8 (1600.3–37,421.8)
8104.4 (2465.1–20,718.9)
0.136