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| Total number of cases | Positive (+)/ negative (−) | Number positive cases for pSTAT3 (%) | Number positive cases for MMP-7 (%) | Number positive cases for VEGF (%) |
| STAT3 | (n = 75) |
| (n = 10) | (n = 27) | (n = 45) |
| 20 | + | 8 (40.0) | 11 (55.0) | 16 (80.0) | |
| 55 | − | 2 (3.6) | 16 (29.1) | 29 (52.7) | |
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| P < 0.001 (S) | P = 0.057 (NS) | P = 0.037 (S) | |
| pSTAT3 | (n = 75) |
|
| (n = 27) | (n = 45) |
| 10 | + | − | 8 (80.0) | 9 (90.0) | |
| 65 | − |
| 19 (23.1) | 36 (55.4) | |
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| P = 0.003 (S) | P = 0.044 (S) | |
| MMP-7 | (n = 93) |
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| (n = 55) |
| 36 | + |
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| 26 (72.2) | |
| 57 | − | − | − | 29 (50.9) | |
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| P = 0.052 (NS) |