Table 3. Relationship between IL6/SATA-3 signaling pathway and survival time in NPC patients.

Genes/ Proteins	Median survival time (month)	p
IL-6		< 0.001
Positive	33
Negative	71
STAT3		< 0.001
Positive	31
Negative	66
p-STAT3		< 0.001
Positive	30
Negative	65
JAK2		< 0.001
Positive	30
Negative	59
p-JAK2		< 0.001
Positive	31
Negative	64
CyclinD1		< 0.001
Positive	30
Negative	63

Abbreviations: NP: nasopharyngeal carcinoma; IL-6: interleukin-6; JAK2: Janus kinase 2; STAT3: Signal transducers and activators of transcription 3.