The expression of AFAP1-AS1 is significantly higher in NSCLC tissues than that in adjacent normal tissues, and AFAP1-AS1 expression is positively correlated with tumor pathological grades, TNM stages and distant metastasis of NSCLC, as well as the clinical outcomes of NSCLC patients 87, 88. Here, AFAP1 is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.