Multiple lncRNAs such as HOTAIR, H19, MALAT1, CCAT2, SPRY4-IT1, GAS5, CCHE1, MEG3, LET, EBIC and PVT1 are thought to play essential roles in cervical cancer growth, invasion and metastasis, and radio-resistance [22]. The gene discussed is MALAT1; the disease is cervical cancer.