SNHG5 has been shown to be involved in the development and tumorigenesis of a variety of cancers (liver cancer, breast cancer, osteosarcoma, colorectal cancer; Ju et al., 2018; Li et al., 2018; Chi et al., 2019; Zhang et al., 2019; Li et al., 2020). This evidence concerns the gene SNHG5 and liver cancer.