VIM and neoplasm: Similarly, the significant predictors of DFS were high vimentin with lost E-cadherin expression (P < 0.001), sex (P = 0.040), tumor size (P = 0.032), symptoms (P = 0.039), perineural invasion (P = 0.030), T-stage (P = 0.039), distant metastasis (P < 0.001), LN metastasis (P < 0.001), WHO classification (P < 0.001) and AJCC stage (P < 0.001).