IL6 and cancer: IL-6/STAT3 signaling in Th1 cells has the most obvious effect on the TME by suppressing cell-mediated antitumor immunity, whereas chronic inflammation contributes to the promotion of tumor progression and the dysregulation of angiogenesis and affects the recruitment, retention, and infiltration of leukocytes as well as immune responses via the activation of IL-6/STAT3 signaling in multifaceted innate and adaptive immune cells and nonimmune cells, such as cancer-associated fibroblasts and endothelial cells.