Initial data-mining studies of publically available databases13–15 showed that three lncRNAs, namely, metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript-1 (MALAT1), LOC100190986 and small nucleolar RNA host gene 12 (SNHG12), were expressed at higher levels in PDAC tissues than in normal pancreas tissues and in metastatic tumours than in localized tumours. The gene discussed is SNHG12; the disease is metastatic neoplasm.