Overall, 10 candidate lncRNAs (IGFL2-AS1, AC023043.1, AP000439.2, AC124854.1, AL355102.4, TMEM246-AS1, AL133467.3, ZNF582-AS1, LINC01510 and PSMG3-AS1) were selected as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for ccRCC, as they exhibited a strong correlation with clinicopathological characteristics. This evidence concerns the gene PGAP4 and nonpapillary renal cell carcinoma.