| NPC | nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
| CSCs | cancer stem cells |
| TIME | tumor immune microenvironment |
| WGCNA | weighted gene correlation network analysis |
| OCLR | one-class logistic regression machine learning algorithm |
| PFS | progression-free survival |
| MsigDB | Molecular Signature Database |
| ssGSEA | single-sample GSEA |
| HLA | human leukocyte antigen |
| TILS | tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes |
| IC50 | half-maximum inhibitory concentration |
| GDSC | Genomics of Drug Sensitivity in Cancer |
| TIDE | Tumor Immune Dysfunction and Exclusion |