As a result, CXCL1, CXCL2, CXCL3, CXCL4, CXCL5, CXCL6, CXCL7, CXCL8, CXCL9, CXCL10, CXCL11, CXCL12, CXCL13, CXCL14, CXCL6 and CXCL17 were altered in 6%, 3%, 4%, 4%, 6%, 5%, 5%, 5%, 6%, 6%, 5%, 5%, 6%, 5%, 7% and 6% of the cervical cancer samples, respectively (Fig. 6a). This evidence concerns the gene CXCL8 and cervical cancer.