Particularly, the expression of UCA1 has also been found up-regulated in plasma of patients with malignant IPMN (a PDAC precursor) compared to benign cases; UCA1, along with other seven lncRNAs, performed greater accuracy in discriminating between benign and malignant IPMNs than the standard clinical and radiologic features, with an AUC value of 0.77 47. The gene discussed is UCA1; the disease is pancreatic intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasm.