MALAT1 and cancer: In our study, the estimated PLR value of 4.62 means that the probability of cancer cases yield MALAT-1 testing positive is nearly 5-fold higher towards the cases do not have MALAT-1 testing positive; likewise, the NLR of 0.37 means that the probability of cancer cases retain MALAT-1 testing negative is only 0.37-fold towards the cases do not have MALAT-1 testing negative.