CASC8 and colorectal carcinoma: Taking the intersection of 2326 DEGs with 14 CASC-associated lncRNAs, there were six overlapping lncRNAs, namely, CASC15, CASC16, CASC8, CASC9, CASC19, and CASC18, which we thought might be the hub lncRNAs for CASC characterization in CRC (Figure 2).