IL6 and inflammatory breast carcinoma: A more in-depth analysis of basal cytokine profile in 81 newly diagnosed IBC patients revealed that patients with thrombocytosis, although not differing in IL-6 levels with respect to IBC subjects without thrombocytosis, showed a positive correlation between serum levels of Growth-Regulated Oncogene (GRO) and Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-β and IBC-related thrombocytosis [37].