The expression of HOXC13-AS was observed to increase in NPC tissues, and HOXC13-AS was highly expressed in five cancer cell lines (CNE 1, 6-10B, SUNE 2, HNE-1, and CNE 2), exhibiting a significant correlation with local-regional recurrence, distant metastasis, and clinical stage (Gao et al., 2019). This evidence concerns the gene HOXC13 and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.