Given the overlapping roles of docetaxel and FOXM1 upon affecting the microtubule dynamics of mitosis progression in tumour cells, it is intriguing to suggest that FOXM1 may correlate with docetaxel resistance through altering the microtubule dynamics and even regulating microtubule-associated protein such as Stathmin and mitotic centromere–associated kinesin (MCAK) in gastric cancer cells, about which little research has been carried out. The gene discussed is STMN1; the disease is gastric cancer.