STAT3 and colorectal cancer: Luteolin is able to induce apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells by activating the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway and Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades (Kang et al. 2017) and abolishes metastatic potential of squamous cancer cells by inhibition of a non-receptor tyrosine kinase, Src, and pro-metastatic Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) transcription factor (Fan et al. 2019; Slika et al. 2022).