While inflammatory factors typically function locally through paracrine or autocrine mechanisms, various inflammatory cytokines, such as CCL3, CCL4, CCL20, IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and IL-10, have been identified at aberrant levels in the bloodstream of individuals with nasopharyngeal carcinoma and are correlated with the incidence and prognosis of NPC. Here, CCL3 is linked to nasopharyngeal carcinoma.