Latest reports indicated that lncRNA nucleolar small molecule RNA host gene 1 (SNHG1) is located on chromosome 11 and is abnormally overexpressed in a variety of tumor tissue and can accelerate the cell proliferation in lung cancer (16), liver cancer (17), gastric cancer (18), esophageal cancer (19) and PCa cells (20). The gene discussed is SNHG1; the disease is lung cancer.