According to studies, polycytosine binding protein 1 antisense1 (PCBP1-AS1) plays an important role in the progression of many cancers, including destructive resistant prostate cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, cervical cancer (CC), vulvar squamous cell carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, glioma, colorectal cancer, and oral squamous carcinoma. This evidence concerns the gene PCBP1 and colorectal cancer.