The 60 gastric cancer patients were divided into two groups based on the mean of relative SBF2-AS1 expression (7.1) in GC tissues: high SBF2-AS1 group (n = 34, HOXA-AS2 expression ≥7.1) and low SBF2-AS1 group (n = 26, SBF2-AS1 expression <7.1). Here, SBF2 is linked to gastric cancer.