VIM and neoplasm: Tumor grade progression was closely correlated with LVI (R = 0.2113, p = 0.0338), expression of vimentin (R = 0.5344, p = 0.000), tumor budding (r = 0.4867, p = 0.000), Β-catenin (R = 0.410, p = 0.044), and lack of E-cadherin (R = 0.2950, p = 0.0028).