Studies have demonstrated that LINC01871 is involved in stemness, autophagy, ferroptosis, and the immune microenvironment in breast cancer cells; it was reported to be associated with a good prognosis and a lower incidence of distant metastasis in gastric, cervical, and endometrial cancers.27, 29, 32, 37, 45. The gene discussed is LINC01871; the disease is breast cancer.