PTEN and colorectal cancer: Expression of phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN), signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (STAT3) and vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C) and their relationship with clinico-pathological features and prognostic ability was determined using immunohistochemistry in 68 cases of colorectal cancer with follow-up data.