Genetic Polymorphism of Cytokines as a Predictor of Phenotypic Development of Chronic Pain Syndrome in Cancer Patients

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Olga P. Bobrova,¹ʼ²; Natalia A. Shnayder, PhD, ScD*¹; Marina M. Petrova, PhD,ScD¹; Oksana A. Gavrilyuk, PhD¹

¹V.F. Voyno-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University; ² Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary named after A.I. Kryzhanovsky. Krasnoyarsk, the Russian Federation.

*Corresponding author:  Prof. Natalia A. Shnayder, PhD, ScD; Head of the Neurological Center of Epileptology, Neurogenetics and Brain Research of the University Clinic of V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University.  Krasnoyarsk, the Russian Federation.  E-mail: nataliashnayder@gmail.com

Published: December 15, 2017.  doi: 10.21103/Article7(4)_RA1

Abstract: 

The authors present a literature review using materials provided in the following databases:  “MedLine”, “PubMed”, “Wiley Online Library”, “Web of Science”, “Oxford University Press”, “SAGE Premier”, dated 1995–2016. The paper describes the results of current international studies on the role of cytokine genes polymorphisms in the genesis of chronic cancer pain. We emphasize the role of inter-individual differences based on genetic polymorphism of cytokines and their receptors in personalized anesthetic care and accompanying therapy in oncology..

Keywords: 
chronic pain ● oncology ● analgesic therapy ● pharmacogenetics ● nociception ● cytokine receptors
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