LC patients with poor performance status (ECOG) (OR = 4.62; p = 0.047), as well as lower MALAT1 expression (OR = 1.49; p = 0.015) and NEAT1 expression (OR = 9.09; p = 0.005), had a significantly greater likelihood of liver failure. Here, NEAT1 is linked to laryngotracheoesophageal cleft.