In addition to the burn injuries, increased levels of circulatory IL-6 are present in other medical conditions, including sepsis (Zanders et al., 2022), COVID-19 (Kang et al., 2020; Ali and Kunugi, 2021; Mittal et al., 2021; Seixas et al., 2022; Soares et al., 2022), diabetes mellitus (Perry et al., 2016), cancer (Rupert et al., 2021), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Lin et al., 2021), myocardial failure (Janssen et al., 2005), and end-stage kidney disease (Zhang et al., 2013). This evidence concerns the gene IL6 and cancer.