Colon cancer-associated transcript 2 (CCAT2) was recently identified as a novel lncRNA in colon cancer in 2013, and it maps to the highly conserved 8q24.21 region encompassing the rs6983267 SNP, whose expression is not only upregulated in CRC tissues, but also in microsatellite-stable (MSS) cancers compared with microsatellite-unstable (MSI-H) cancers and normal mucosae. Here, CCAT2 is linked to colorectal carcinoma.