However, among the sixteen biomarkers, seven of them, namely LINC00355, UCA1-203, HOX-AS-2, Linc-ROR, OCT4, SOX2 and OTX2-AS1, did not demonstrate sufficient discriminatory power to separate bladder tumors from urocystitis, as indicated by their low AUC values (AUC<0.70). This evidence concerns the gene HOTAIR and urinary bladder neoplasm.