Abstract:Objective To investigate the value of ultrasound blood flow parameters combined with serum CXC chemokine ligand 8 (CXCL8), interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) in the diagnosis of breast cancer.Methods Clinical data of 170 patients with breast cancer admitted to our hospital from January 2021 to January 2023 were retrospectively analyzed as the breast cancer group, and another 170 patients with benign breast tumors in our hospital during the same period were selected as the benign group. The ultrasound blood flow parameters [pulsatility index (PI) and resistance index (RI)] and serum levels of CXCL8, IL-1β and IL-10 were compared between the two groups and also among breast cancer patients with different clinicopathologic characteristics. The values of PI, RI, CXCL8, IL-1β and IL-10 alone as well as their combination in the diagnosis of breast cancer were analyzed by the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. The multivariable Logistic regression model was used to analyze the correlations of PI, RI, CXCL8, IL-1β, and IL-10 with the breast cancer.Results PI, RI, and levels of CXCL8, IL-1β and IL-10 in the breast cancer group were higher than those in the benign group (P < 0.05). Besides, PI, RI, and levels of CXCL8, IL-1β and IL-10 in breast cancer patients with TNM stage Ⅲ to Ⅳ tumors, moderately- and lowly-differentiated tumors and lymph node metastasis were higher than those in patients with TNM stage Ⅰ to Ⅱ tumors, highly-differentiated tumors and no lymph node metastasis (P < 0.05). The ROC curve analysis demonstrated that the sensitivities of PI, RI, CXCL8, IL-1β and IL-10 in the diagnosis of breast cancer were 75.3% (95% CI: 0.724, 0.791), 71.2% (95% CI: 0.659, 0.748), 82.4% (95% CI: 0.792, 0.886), 85.9% (95% CI: 0.804, 0.911), and 75.3% (95% CI: 0.711, 0.789), with the specificities being 87.1% (95% CI: 0.831, 0.902), 88.8% (95% CI: 0.833, 0.914), 85.9% (95% CI: 0.816, 0.897), 88.2% (95% CI: 0.852, 0.916), and 89.4% (95% CI: 0.847, 0.922). The sensitivity of combined PI, RI, CXCL8, IL-1β and IL-10 in the diagnosis of breast cancer was 87.1% (95% CI: 0.825, 0.912), with the specificity being 91.8% (95% CI: 0.887, 0.936), which were greater than those of each indicator alone. Multivariable Logistic regression analysis showed that PI ≥ 1.185 [O^R =1.753 (95% CI: 1.178, 2.609) ], RI ≥ 0.745 [O^R = 1.861 (95% CI: 1.199, 2.889) ], CXCL8 ≥ 39.535 ng/mL [O^R = 2.017 (95% CI: 1.288, 3.159) ], IL-1β ≥ 4.100 pg/mL [O^R = 2.115 (95% CI: 1.304, 3.430) ] and IL-10 ≥ 31.205 pg/mL [O^R = 2.344 (95% CI: 1.398, 3.930) ] were risk factors for breast cancer (P < 0.05).Conclusions PI, RI, CXCL8, IL-1β and IL-10 are all of certain value for diagnosing breast cancer, and the combination of the above indicators yields higher diagnostic efficacy.