SOCS3 and B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia: In the present study, we aimed for the first time to evaluate immunohistochemically the tissue levels of proangiogenic factors, that is, VEGF, IL-6, IL-8 along with IL-8 receptor CXCR2, tyrosine p-STAT-3, and SOCS-3 in the lymph nodes, in a series of patients with CLL/SLL.