Compared with normal tissues, IGF2BP2, HNRNPC, YTHDF1, HNRNPA2B1, KIAA1429, RBM15, ELAVL1, FMR1, METTL3, IGF2BP3, HNRNPG, WTAP, IGF2BP1, METTL16, YTHDF2, CBLL1, ALKBH5, YTHDF3, METTL14, FTO, YTHDC1 were highly expressed in HNSCC tissues. This evidence concerns the gene ELAVL1 and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.