Recent studies have shown that TUG1 plays oncogenic roles during tumorigenesis, and that TUG1 is dysregulated in many tumors, including HCC, MIBC, ESCC, OC, BC, NSCLC, OSC, SCLC, CRC, RCC and GC [14–26]. The gene discussed is TUG1; the disease is non-small cell lung carcinoma.