Histopathological verifications of NSCLC tissue samples.

<p>*AJCC – American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging according to the IASCLC Staging Project 7th ed. (2010) Cancer.</p><p>*pTNM — post-operative Tumor Node Metastasis classification according to the WHO Histological Typing of Lung Tumor.</p

Box-and-whisker plots, representing <i>PIAS3</i> expression levels (mean RQ values) in the studied tumor groups classified according to the histopathological NSCLC subtypes.

<p>Box-and-whisker plots, representing <i>PIAS3</i> expression levels (mean RQ values) in the studied tumor groups classified according to the histopathological NSCLC subtypes.</p

Box-and-whisker plots, representing <i>STAT5B</i> expression levels (mean RQ values) in the studied tumor groups classified according to pTNM staging in relation to their size.

<p>Box-and-whisker plots, representing <i>STAT5B</i> expression levels (mean RQ values) in the studied tumor groups classified according to pTNM staging in relation to their size.</p

The results of Neuman-Keuls' multiple comparison test regarding differences in <i>STAT5B</i> RQ values in the studied tumor groups classified according to pTNM staging in relation to the tumor size.

<p>The results of Neuman-Keuls' multiple comparison test regarding differences in <i>STAT5B</i> RQ values in the studied tumor groups classified according to pTNM staging in relation to the tumor size.</p

Positive correlation between STAT5B protein levels (ng/ml) and gene expression levels (RQ values) in NSCLC samples.

<p>Positive correlation between STAT5B protein levels (ng/ml) and gene expression levels (RQ values) in NSCLC samples.</p

The results of Neuman-Keuls' multiple comparison test regarding differences in STAT5B immunoexpression levels in the studied tumor groups classified according to pTNM staging in relation to the tumor size.

<p>The results of Neuman-Keuls' multiple comparison test regarding differences in STAT5B immunoexpression levels in the studied tumor groups classified according to pTNM staging in relation to the tumor size.</p

Box-and-whisker plots, representing STAT5B protein levels (ng/ml) in the studied tumor groups classified according to pTNM staging in relation to the tumor size.

<p>Box-and-whisker plots, representing STAT5B protein levels (ng/ml) in the studied tumor groups classified according to pTNM staging in relation to the tumor size.</p

Box-and-whisker plots, representing the expression levels (mean RQ values) of <i>COX-2</i> gene in the studied tumor groups classified according to pTNM staging in relation to their size.

<p>Box-and-whisker plots, representing the expression levels (mean RQ values) of <i>COX-2</i> gene in the studied tumor groups classified according to pTNM staging in relation to their size.</p

STAT5A and STAT5B protein levels (ng/ml) in the studied samples (controls, NSCLC and NSCLC histopathological subtypes).

<p>STAT5A and STAT5B protein levels (ng/ml) in the studied samples (controls, NSCLC and NSCLC histopathological subtypes).</p

Characteristics of NSCLC patients in terms of tobacco addiction and consumption (the amount of cigarettes smoked per day and PYs).

<p>Characteristics of NSCLC patients in terms of tobacco addiction and consumption (the amount of cigarettes smoked per day and PYs).</p