SNHG17 and neoplasm: In addition, these findings were further validated in an independent CRC cohort (NCTs = 107, CRC tissues = 107) and showed that SNHG17 was upregulated in 67.3% (72/107) of CRC tissues compared with their paired NCTs (Fig. 1 h and i) and was positively correlated with tumor stage (Fig. 1j).