MALAT1 and colorectal cancer: Qiu et al. found that MALAT1 and miR-619-5p have potential in the molecular diagnosis of patients with advanced colorectal cancer, and the combined detection of MALAT1 and miR-619-5p may improve the accuracy of colorectal cancer diagnosis and may serve as a good indicator of prognosis for patients with advanced colorectal cancer (Qiu et al., 2016).