We constructed an 8‐lncRNA signature (LINC00567, LINC00996, MTOR‐AS1, PRKG1‐AS1, RAB11B‐AS1, RPS6KA2‐AS1, SH3BP5‐AS1, ZNF451‐AS1) that could be used as an independent prognostic factor of HNSCC. Here, PTGDR is linked to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.