PRNCR1 and colorectal cancer: LincRNA PRNCR1 has been reported to be involved in prostate carcinogenesis and may play an oncogene role via modulating the androgen receptor (Chung et al., 2011), PRNCR1 variants, especially rs1456315, are associated with the susceptibility of prostate and colorectal cancers (Li et al., 2013; Teerlink et al., 2016).