STMN1 and neoplasm: Significant positive associations between immunohistochemically detected stathmin protein in tumour cells and the two angiogenesis markers proliferative microvessel density (pMVD) (both cohorts; p ≤ 0.047) and vascular proliferation index (VPI) (cohort 2; p = 0.007) were found (Supplementary Tables S1–2).