Table 2.

Main references supporting a role for galectins in head and neck and thyroid cancer cell proliferation, migration/invasion, angiogenesis, and tumor immune escape.

	Gal-1		Gal-3		Gal-9
	HNSCC	TC	HNSCC	TC	HNSCC	TC
Cell proliferation	[22]	[14]	[23]	[54,56]
Apoptosis				[53,55,56]
Cell migration/invasion	[64,65]	[14]	[23,62]	[61]
Angiogenesis	[69]
Tumor immune escape	[34]					[85]

HNSCC: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; TC: Thyroid carcinoma.