HNC	Head and neck cancer
DEGs	Differentially expressed genes
TCGA-HNSC	The Cancer Genome Atlas Head–Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
GDSC	Genomics of Drug Sensitivity in Cancer
CTRP	Cancer Therapeutics Response Portal
PRISM	Profiling Relative Inhibition Simultaneously in Mixtures
HPV	Human papillomavirus
nAChRs	Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
RMA	Robust multiarray averaging
DAVID	Database for Annotation, Visualization, and Integrated Discovery
KEGG	Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
GEOMEAN	Geometric mean
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
CCLE	Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia