IL6 and breast cancer: In the ECOG 2190 trial which comprised patients with very high risk (≥10 positive lymph nodes) locally advanced BC, the presence of a high-risk IL-6 genotype conferred an increased risk of a DFS event in the ER+ subset (−174G/G, frequency 38%, HR 1.71 [1.16–2.52], −597G/G, frequency 39%, HR 1.60 [1.09–2.35])8.