In addition to lung cancer, Malat1 is known to contribute to metastasis in other common types of cancer including hepatocellular carcinoma and bladder cancer, with evidence that it acts through induction of the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (Ying et al., 2012; Li G. et al., 2014; Yang et al., 2017). Here, MALAT1 is linked to cancer.