The qRT-PCR results demonstrated that ASAP1-IT1 was significantly overexpressed in NSCLC tissues compared with that in adjacent tissues (Fig. 1B), High expression of ASAP1-IT1 (> mean value of all tumors) was positively correlated with tumor differentiation, TNM stage, and lymph node metastasis (Table 2). The gene discussed is ASAP1; the disease is neoplasm.