In that group VPS4B, LRRC1, DMXL1, NPEPPS, XPO7, LIN54, CEACAM7, CNOT4, C12ORF29, WAC, LIN9, RNF138, GNAI3, and DCAF16 had not been described previously in the context of the HNSCC nor EMT process. This evidence concerns the gene DCAF16 and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.