ATG12 and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Another study consulted the TCGA database to obtain 155 HNSCC samples (mainly laryngeal, nasopharyngeal, tonsil, and lip cancer) and the RNA profile indicated that ATG12, BECN1, and MAP1LC3B have prognostic value, and their related pathways may be involved in regulating HNSCC prognosis (191).