Spearman’s correlation analysis indicated that miR-296 was strongly correlated with S100A4 (r = −0.784, P = 0.002), E-cadherin (r = 0.531, P = 0.013) and Vimentin (r = −0.638, P = 0.028) expression in CRC specimens. The gene discussed is VIM; the disease is colorectal carcinoma.