LINC02577 and nonpapillary renal cell carcinoma: Using variable next-generation sequencing data, Gong et al. recently identified several candidate lincRNAs that are prognostic in ccRCC and the top candidate, SLINKY (survival-predictive lincRNA in kidney cancer), is validated in an ethnically distinct dataset of ccRCC samples and provides prognostic information independent of the tumor stage and grade [35].