The lncRNA NEAT1 is the essential component of paraspeckle,9 which is abnormally expressed and participates in the progression, metastasis and poor prognosis of malignant cancer10 in lung cancer,11 laryngeal cancer,12 colorectal cancer,13 hepatocellular carcinoma,14 and gastric cancer.15, 16. Here, NEAT1 is linked to colorectal cancer.