Among the 52 DEGs, 10 genes (BDH1, CPT1B, CKMT1A, MSRB3, MGARP, PMAIP1, TDRKH, CKMT1B, PDK4, and BCL2) were linked with head and neck, lung, or lymph node metastasis (Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene CKMT1B and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes.