To further validate our findings, we quantified the expression levels of MIR99AHG and the crucial genes in the prognostic model (IL1RL1, SPAG16, FAM110B, ANKRD6, ACSS3, CORO2B and TNFAIP8L3) in 15 GC samples and their adjacent nontumor tissues. Here, ANKRD6 is linked to gastric cancer.