The novel lncRNA HLA‐DQB1‐AS1 was shown to be associated with a GWAS SNP (rs2647046) for Hepatitis‐B associated hepatocellular carcinoma, and has been nominated as a potential oncogene [33, 34], however, no association with cervical cancer has been reported thus far. This evidence concerns the gene HLA-DQB1 and cervical cancer.