Due to its relatively low expression and low detection sensitivity (sensitivity 56%; specificity 96%; AUC 0.79) in diagnosis of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), MALAT1 is not regarded suitable as an independent biomarker to diagnose lung cancer but should be rather used as a complementary biomarker [106]. This evidence concerns the gene MALAT1 and non-small cell lung carcinoma.