STAT5B and neoplasm: Notably, phospho-Stat5 (P-STAT5) and LY6G6D positive staining displayed a direct correlation, so that, tumours with high levels of P-STAT5 and LY6G6D (LY6G6Dhi) were associated with a shorter patients survival rate (Fig. 3a and Additional file 3: Figure S3d and Figure S4a-d).