HOTAIR and colorectal carcinoma: There are not enough studies demonstrating the association of the HOTAIR rs1899663 G>T polymorphism, especially with CRC, and this association has never been surveyed in the Caucasian population.8-11 Therefore, the effects of HOTAIR rs1899663 G>T polymorphism on the CRC were investigated by taking 100 patients with CRC and 93 healthy persons in the Turkish population.