IL10 and gastric cancer: To highlight, from the genetic perspective, the finding that the mutation frequency for the − 1082 (G/A) SNP of the IL-10 promoter region was twice as high in the patients as compared to healthy individuals (OR = 7.58; P = 0.08) determines a strong association for this point mutation with respect to the risk of developing gastric cancer, which could be considered a possible marker of interest in our population.