95% CI	95% confidence interval
AUC	Area under the curve
DMEM/F12	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium/Nutrient Mixture F-12
FBS	fetal bovine serum
HNSC	Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
HR	Hazard ratio
lncRNA	long noncoding RNA
miRNAs	microRNAs
mRNA	Messenger RNA
NPV	Negative predictive value
OSCC	Oral squamous cell carcinoma
PPV	Positive predictive value
ROC	Receiver operating curve
SD	Standard deviation
TCGA-HNSC	The Cancer Genome Atlas—Head and Neck Squamous Cancer
TNM	Tumor, node, metastasis