Clinicopathologic and prognostic significance of VEGF, JAK2 and STAT3 in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Table 2 Interrelationships among the expressions of JAK2, STAT3 and VEGF in NPC tissues

JAK2	STAT3		Total	Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient	P	VEGF		Total	Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient	P
	Positive	Negative	Total	Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient	P	Positive	Negative	Total	Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient	P
Positive	54	8	62	R_S = 0.439	< 0.001	55	7	62	R_S = 0.302	0.002
Negative	19	22	41			26	15	41
Total	73	30	103			81	22	103

NPC nasopharyngeal carcinoma, JAK2 Janus kinase 2, STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription-3, VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor

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