Amber De Groote, Thijs Vande Vyvere, Wiebren Tjalma, Wim Vanden Berghe, Samir Kumar-Singh, An De Groef, Mira Meeus
{"title":"Cytokine Expression in Cancer Survivors Suffering From Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Amber De Groote, Thijs Vande Vyvere, Wiebren Tjalma, Wim Vanden Berghe, Samir Kumar-Singh, An De Groef, Mira Meeus","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Chronic cancer-related pain remains underdiagnosed and undertreated, although it affects 40% of cancer survivors. Recent insights suggest that cytokine signaling between immune, neuro, and glial cells contributes to chronic pain.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study systematically reviewed cytokine levels and their relation to chronic cancer-related pain and, additionally, investigated differences in cytokine levels between cancer survivors with and without chronic pain.</p><p><strong>Study design: </strong>Systematic review.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This systematic review was conducted and reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines (PRISMA). The study conducted a systematic literature search in the databases PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase for articles examining cytokine levels and pain experience at a time point of a minimum of 3 months post-cancer diagnosis. Pain experience was categorized into a total pain score, pain intensity, and pain interference. The risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle Ottawa Scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight articles were included, investigating 6 cancer types and 30 cytokines. Moderate evidence was found for pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 to be correlated with pain intensity, of which higher levels are observed in cancer survivors experiencing chronic pain compared to pain-free survivors. Moderate evidence was found for TNF-alpha to be not correlated with any pain experience, which is similar for anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-8 and IL-10 with pain intensity. For the remaining 26 cytokines and pain outcomes, only limited evidence was found for an association or alteration.</p><p><strong>Limitations: </strong>The number of included studies was small. Overall, studies showed a moderate risk of bias, except one indicated a high risk of bias.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>More standardized post-cancer treatment studies are warranted to confirm these results and explore associations and alterations of other cytokines. Nonetheless, moderate evidence suggests that elevated levels of IL-6, in contrast with TNF-alpha levels, are correlated with pain intensity in cancer survivors experiencing chronic pain compared to pain-free survivors.</p>","PeriodicalId":19841,"journal":{"name":"Pain physician","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pain physician","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ANESTHESIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Background: Chronic cancer-related pain remains underdiagnosed and undertreated, although it affects 40% of cancer survivors. Recent insights suggest that cytokine signaling between immune, neuro, and glial cells contributes to chronic pain.
Objectives: This study systematically reviewed cytokine levels and their relation to chronic cancer-related pain and, additionally, investigated differences in cytokine levels between cancer survivors with and without chronic pain.
Study design: Systematic review.
Methods: This systematic review was conducted and reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines (PRISMA). The study conducted a systematic literature search in the databases PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase for articles examining cytokine levels and pain experience at a time point of a minimum of 3 months post-cancer diagnosis. Pain experience was categorized into a total pain score, pain intensity, and pain interference. The risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle Ottawa Scale.
Results: Eight articles were included, investigating 6 cancer types and 30 cytokines. Moderate evidence was found for pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 to be correlated with pain intensity, of which higher levels are observed in cancer survivors experiencing chronic pain compared to pain-free survivors. Moderate evidence was found for TNF-alpha to be not correlated with any pain experience, which is similar for anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-8 and IL-10 with pain intensity. For the remaining 26 cytokines and pain outcomes, only limited evidence was found for an association or alteration.
Limitations: The number of included studies was small. Overall, studies showed a moderate risk of bias, except one indicated a high risk of bias.
Conclusion: More standardized post-cancer treatment studies are warranted to confirm these results and explore associations and alterations of other cytokines. Nonetheless, moderate evidence suggests that elevated levels of IL-6, in contrast with TNF-alpha levels, are correlated with pain intensity in cancer survivors experiencing chronic pain compared to pain-free survivors.
期刊介绍：
Pain Physician Journal is the official publication of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP). The open access journal is published 6 times a year.
Pain Physician Journal is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary, open access journal written by and directed to an audience of interventional pain physicians, clinicians and basic scientists with an interest in interventional pain management and pain medicine.
Pain Physician Journal presents the latest studies, research, and information vital to those in the emerging specialty of interventional pain management – and critical to the people they serve.
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
京公网安备 11010802042870号
