Several recent studies have also identified oncogenic functions of lncRNA UCA1 in various cancers such as bladder cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, gastric cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, melanoma, ovarian cancer, and tongue squamous cell carcinoma [19–29]. This evidence concerns the gene UCA1 and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.