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Published in final edited form as: Semin Oncol Nurs. 2019 May 10;35(3):291–299. doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2019.04.011

Table 2.

Genetic polymorphisms associated with post-cancer treatment pain.

Gene SNP rsID Nucleotide Change Pathway/Function Associated Pain Phenotype Type of Cancer Study
IL1R2 rs11674595 T>C Inflammation Persistent postsurgical pain Breast cancer Stephens et al, 201432
IL-10 Haplotype A8 rs3024505
rs3024498
rs3024496
rs1878672
rs1518111
rs1518110
rs3024491
Minor “C”
Minor “G”
Minor “C”
Minor “G”
Minor “A”
Minor “T”
Minor “T”
Inflammation Persistent postsurgical pain Breast cancer Stephens et al, 201432
IL-6 rs20069840 C>G Inflammation Persistent postsurgical pain Breast cancer Stephens et al, 201 733
CXCL8 rs4073 T>A Inflammation Persistent postsurgical pain Breast cancer Stephens et al, 201733
TNF rs1800610 C>A Inflammation Persistent postsurgical pain Breast cancer Stephens et al, 201733
COMT rs4680 G>A (Val158Met) Neurotransmission Postmastectomy pain, pressure pain hypersensitiVity Breast cancer Fernández-des-las- Peñas et al, 201234
COMT rs165774
rs887200
G>A
T>C
Neurotransmission Experimental and acute postoperatiVe pain Breast cancer Kambur et al, 201335
COMT rs4680
rs4818
Neurotransmission Pain interference and severity Breast cancer Young et al, 20 1743
CACNG2 A-C-C haplotype rs4820242
rs2284015
rs2284017
A>G
C>G
C>T
Neurotransmission (calcium channel) Chronic postmastectomy pain Breast cancer Bortsov et al, 201836
KCNA1 rs4766311 C>T Neurotransmission (potassium channel) Persistent breast postsurgical pain Breast cancer Langford et al, 201537
KCND2 rs1072198 A>G Neurotransmission (potassium channel) Persistent breast postsurgical pain Breast cancer Langford et al, 201537
KCNJ3 rs12995382
rs17641121
T>C
T>C
Neurotransmission (potassium channel) Persistent breast postsurgical pain Breast cancer Langford et al, 201537
KCNJ6 rs858003 C>T Neurotransmission (potassium channel) Persistent breast postsurgical pain Breast cancer Langford et al, 201537
KCNK9 rs2542424
rs2545457
A>G
T>C
Neurotransmission T>C (potassium channel) Persistent breast postsurgical pain Breast cancer Langford et al, 201537
CYP17A1 rs4919686
rs4919683
rs4919687
rs3781287
rs10786712
rs6163
rs743572
Drug transport and metabolism Arthralgia Patients with breast cancer treated with Als Garcia-Giralt et al, 201341
CYP19A1 rs4775936 Drug transport and metabolism Arthralgia (worsening pain) Patients with breast cancer treated with Als Garcia-Giralt et al, 201341
CYP27B1 rs4646536 Drug transport and metabolism Arthralgia Patients with breast cancer treated with Als Garcia-Giralt et al, 201341
VDR rs11568820 Drug transport and metabolism Arthralgia Patients with breast cancer treated with Als Garcia-Giralt et al, 201341
OPG rs2073618 G>C lnflammation (cytokine receptor) Musculoskeletal pain severity Patients with breast cancer treated with Als Lintermans et al, 201642
P2RY12 rs3732765
rs9859538
rs17283010
rs11713504
rs10935840
C>T
C>T
C>T
A>G
A>G
Neurotransmission (purinergic signaling, activating microglia) Pain severity, 24-hour postoperative pain (rs3732765) Cancer pain patients patients Sumitani et al, 201846
AQP7 rs76608797
rs33386144
C>A
G>A
Other (water-selective membrane channel) Pain Bone metastases (patients undergoing palliative radiation therapy) Furfari et al, 20 1744
PLAUR rs4760 A>G (Leu193Pro) Other (regulation of cell surface protein and extracellular matrix) Pain Bone metastases (patients undergoing palliative radiation therapy) Furfari et al, 20 1744
ELAC2 rs11545302 T>C Other (tRNA processing and TGF-β signaling) Pain Bone metastases (patients undergoing palliative radiation therapy) Furfari et al, 20 1744
TNF-α rs1800629 −308G>A Inflammation Incidence of neck pain, throat pain Differentiated thyroid cancer (patients receiving 131I radiotherapy) Liu et al, 201845
ATM rs11212570 Other (DNA-damage response) Throat pain Differentiated thyroid cancer (patients receiving 131I radiotherapy) Liu et al, 201845
TNF-β rs1800469
rs2241716
Inflammation Throat pain Differentiated thyroid cancer (patients receiving 131I radiotherapy) Liu et al, 201845
NF-κB rs230493 Inflammation Throat pain Differentiated thyroid cancer (patients receiving 131I radiotherapy) Liu et al, 201845

Abbreviations: AI, aromatase inhibitor; ATM, ataxia-telangiectasia mutated gene; AQP7, aquaporin 7; CACNG2, calcium channel voltage-dependent gamma subunit 2; COMT, catechol-O-methyltransferase; CXCL8, C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 8; CYP17A1, cytochrome P450 family 17 subfamily A member 1; CYP19A1, cytochrome P450 family 19 subfamily A member 1; CYP27B1, cytochrome P450 family 27 subfamily B member 1; ELAC2, ElaC Ribonuclease Z 2; IL-6, interleukin 6; IL-10, interleukin 10; IL1R2, interleukin 1 receptor type 2; KCNA1, potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily A member 1; KCND2, potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily D member 2; KCNJ3, potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily J member 3; KCNJ6, potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily J member 6; KCNK9, potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily K member 9; Leu193Pro: a substitution of leucine (Leu) for proline (Pro) at codon 193; NF-κB, nuclear factor kappa B; OPG, osteoprotegerin; PLAUR, plasminogen activator urokinase receptor; P2RY12, purinergic receptor P2Y12; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; TGF-β, transforming growth factor beta; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha; TNF-β, tumor necrosis factor beta; tRNA, transfer ribonucleic acid; Val158Met, a substitution of valine (Val) for methionine (Met) at codon 158; VDR, vitamin D receptor.