Using the online tool ualcan (http://ualcan.path.uab.edu), the clinical survival curves regarding the HOXA10 expression pattern in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database (https://portal.gdc.cancer.gov) was analyzed, and our results revealed that a high expression pattern of HOXA10 was associated with the increased mortality of HNSCC (Figure 1B) (high expression indicates that the TPM value is greater than or equal to the upper quartile; low/moderate expression indicates that the TPM value is less than the upper quartile). This evidence concerns the gene HOXA10 and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.