BANCR and thyroid cancer: There are also several studies showed that other many lncRNAs, such as MALAT1, H19, BANCR, HOTAIR, GAS5, and PCA3, play an important role in regulation of different processes involved in the development and progression of various thyroid cancers, and suggested these lncRNAs could be used as novel biomarkers for early diagnosis or even treatment (17, 31, 32).