Previously, our group has focused on the lncRNA MALAT-1 (metastasis associated in lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1), which is an oncogenic lncRNA involved in the malignancy of pancreatic cancer via induction of G2/M cell cycle arrest, promotion of cell apoptosis, suppression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and reduction of cancer stem-like properties [20, 21]. This evidence concerns the gene MALAT1 and cancer.