SNHG1, SNHG3, SNHG5, SNHG6, SNHG7, SNHG12, SNHG15, SNHG16, and SNHG20 can induce proliferation, cell cycle progression, invasion and metastasis of cancer cells, possibly making SNHGs effective biomarker for cancer progression and invasion (117). This evidence concerns the gene SNHG5 and cancer.