SOX2 and cancer: We chose five lncRNAs (HOTAIR, HOXA-AS-2, lincRNA—ROR, MALAT1, and ANRIL) and three mRNA Homeobox A13 (HOXA13), SRY-box 2 (SOX2) and POU class 5 homeobox 1 (POU5F1/OCT4) implicated in a range of cancers, including UBC.