Prognostic Significance of Pretreatment Serum Cytokines in Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

Abstract

Elevated pretreatment serum cytokines are associated with increased disease relapse and inferior survival in cHL. Thus, the pretreatment cytokine profile, particularly serum levels of IL-6 and IL-2R, may be used to identify patients with cHL at high risk for early-disease relapse.