PPBP and gastric cancer: According to the findings of the ROC analysis, the four-RNA combination of INHBA-AS1, AK001058, UCA1, and RGS18 had the highest area under the curve (AUC) value for determining risk of GC in patients with PLGC and the six-RNA combination including CEBPA-AS1, INHBA-AS1, AK001058, UCA1, PPBP, and RGS18 had the highest AUC value for determining the risk of GC in patients with EGC.