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Patients with high frequencies of total MDSCs, or high concentrations of IL-6 and IL-8, have an increased risk of death. (A) Forrest plot depicting the hazard ratios of stage IV patients based on the listed variable, compared to those with low IL-6 and low IL-8 (dotted line). Error bars represent 95% confidence interval. (B) Circulating levels of IL-6, IL-8, and MDSCs in stage IV patients based on prior treatments (no statistically significant differences were observed), *p < 0.05.
