Among the eight lncRNAs, five of them, including LOC284632, LINC00869, LINC00703, LINC00662 and HOXA11-AS, acted as protective factors for NSCLC, and the other three lncRNAs (LINC00324, ITGA9-AS1 and DHRS4-AS1) were risk factors. Here, ITGA9 is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.