Hence, this study was performed to examine whether variants of lncRNA colon cancer-associated transcript (CCAT1), prostate cancer-associated transcript 1 (PCAT1), prostate cancer non-coding RNA 1 (PRNCR1) and cancer susceptibility candidate 8 (CASC8) genes on chromosome 8q24 are associated with survival in a Chinese population with GC. The gene discussed is PCAT1; the disease is cancer.