VIM and cancer: Numerous studies have shown that EMT plays an important role in the progression, invasion, metastasis and drug resistance of a variety of cancers including GC.9, 10, 11, 12 In this study, E‐cadherin expression was down‐regulated and vimentin expression was up‐regulated in GC cells treated with cisplatin, indicating that GC cells treated with cisplatin experienced EMT‐like changes.