Table 2.

Relationship between p-STAT3 and Ki-67, CD68, Bcl-xL expression in 60 tumor cell-free lymph node tissues

	p-STAT3 expression
	Strong	Weak	P value
Ki-67 expression			0.024*
Strong	12	6
Weak	14	28
CD68 expression			0.018*
Strong	16	10
Weak	10	24
Bcl-xL expression			0.019*
Strong	19	14
Weak	7	20

^*p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.