We have previously described a dynamic inflammatory cytokine network driven by interleukin-6 (IL6), tumour necrosis factor (TNF), and C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) in human ovarian cancer cell lines, patient biopsies, and murine xenografts [11]. This evidence concerns the gene CXCL12 and ovarian carcinoma.