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

Table 3 Association between the expressions of STAT3 and VEGF in NPC tissues

VEGF	STAT3		Total	Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient	P
VEGF	Positive	Negative	Total	Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient	P
Positive	62	19	81	R_S = 0.239	0.015
Negative	11	11	22
Total	73	30	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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