SOX30 expression was a favorable and independent prognostic factor for OS of ADC patients (HR = 0.874, p = 0.001), but was an unfavorable and independent prognostic factor for OS of SCC patients (HR = 1.144, p = 0.001) (Fig. 6a and b, Table 2, Additional file 2: Figure S1A and B, Additional file 1: Table S5). The gene discussed is SOX30; the disease is AIDS dementia complex.