In particular, SLINKY expression was pronounced in subsets of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, stomach adenocarcinoma, lung squamous cell carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, papillary renal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, and to a lesser degree in several others. This evidence concerns the gene LINC02577 and squamous cell lung carcinoma.