To further investigate the specificity of the association between TP53 mutations and circPVT1 amplification we analyzed the PVT1 amplification in relation to the FAT1 and CDKN2A mutations, the second (22.46%) and the third (22.07%) most frequent gene mutated in HNSCC patients according to TCGA. Here, PVT1 is linked to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.