Interleukin-6 level in serum and ascites as a prognostic factor in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer

Abstract

IL-6 is present in very high amounts in the ascites of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer. IL-6 levels in ascites correlated significantly with ascites volume and initial tumor size. IL-6 levels in ascites and serum did not correlate statistically with other tumor parameters or with survival time.