TNF and colorectal carcinoma: Receiver operating characteristic analysis revealed that the combinatorial assessment of some of these plasma cytokines showed “good” capability for discriminating between CRC patients and control subjects (area under the curve (AUC): 0.819 for the combination of IL-9, Eotaxin, G-CSF, and TNF-α; 0.832 for the combination of IL-4, IL-8, Eotaxin, IP-10, and TNF-α).