STMN1 and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: After treated by paclitaxel or vincristine, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) cells of stathmin silencing are more likely to enter G2 but less likely to enter mitosis than control cells, suggesting that silencing of stathmin gene increases sensitivity of ESCC to paclitaxel and vincristine through G2/M phase block [16].