According to the average value of FEZF1-AS1 expression (2.58), the NPC patients were allocated into high FEZF1-AS1 expression group (>median; n=32) and low FEZF1-AS1 expression group (<median; n=39), and as summarized in Table 1, FEZF1-AS1 expression was closely correlated with distant metastasis (P=0.018) of NPC patients. This evidence concerns the gene FEZF1 and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.