VIM and neoplasm: Confocal and semithin section light microscopy coupled with TEM showed that by day 10 post-surgery the tumour tissue underwent widespread coagulative necrosis with loss of all vascular and neural cells, but some areas were recolonized by vimentin-positive mesenchymal-like cells, characterized by pseudopodia and filopodia, indicative of motility and phagocytic capability (Online Resource 2, Fig. S5a).