HNSCC	head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
TSCC	tongue squamous cell carcinoma
OSCC	oral squamous cell carcinoma
LSCC	laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma
NSCC	nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
lncRNA	long non-coding RNA
qRT-PCR	quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR
PCR	polymerase chain reaction
FFPET	Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue
TCGA	The Cancer Genome Atlas
SEM	standard error of the mean
EMT	epithelial to mesenchymal transition
HPRT1	hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1
B2M	beta-2 microglobulin
FDR	false discovery rate
ROC	receiver operating characteristic
AUC	area under the curve
DFS	disease-free survival
OS	overall survival
RB	retinoblastoma protein
EIF4E	eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E
ERBB2	erb-B2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor
EGFR	epidermal growth factor receptor
cAMP	cyclic adenosine monophosphate
NGS	next generation sequencing