PVT1 is amplified in many cancers and has been reported to function as a microRNA sponge ultimately inducing proliferation and suppressing apoptosis in cancer cells (Guan et al., 2007; Ding et al., 2014; Paci et al., 2014; Wang et al., 2014; Yang et al., 2014; Ogunwobi and Kumar, 2019). This evidence concerns the gene PVT1 and cancer.