Some well-known cancer-associated lncRNAs, such as H19 [23], XIST [24], HOTAIR[25], MALAT1, MEG3 [26], HNF1A-AS1 [27] and PVT1 [28], have indicated oncogenic and/or tumor suppressive roles like protein-coding genes in various cancers. This evidence concerns the gene MALAT1 and cancer.