Depending on the nature of the cancer, lncRNAs can act as either tumor suppressor lncRNAs, including lncRNA taurine up-regulated gene 1 (TUG1) 7 and lncRNA-maternally expressed gene 3 (MEG3) 8, or onco-lncRNAs, such as lncRNA HOX transcript antisense intergenic RNA (HOTAIR) 9, urothelial carcinoma associated 1 (UCA1) 10 and lncRNA nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1 (NEAT1) 11. Here, NEAT1 is linked to cancer.