Table 1.

Inflammation and cancer have distinct cytokine profiles. Cytokines can be grouped according to expression profile. Cytokines associated with inflammation are significantly increased in inflamed prostates, regardless of cancer status. Cytokines associated with cancer are significantly increased in cancer, regardless of inflammation status. Concurrent inflammation and cancer cytokines are significantly increased only when inflammation and cancer are simultaneous

Cytokines associated with inflammation		Cytokines associated with cancer
Inflammation only	Augmented by cancer	Cancer only	Augmented by inflammation	Concurrent inflammation and cancer only
CCL3	IL-1a IL-2	IL-5	CXCL10	IL-4 CXCL1
FGF	IL-1b IL-17	IL-13		IL-6 CXCL9
TNFα		CCL2		IL-12 IFNγ