Increased expression of LINC00473 in HNSCC; LINC00114, MINCR and PVT1 in NPC; Linc-RA1 in glioma; LINC00473and CYTOR in NSCLC; NEAT1 and LINC00958 in cervical cancer; H19 in cardiac cancer; LINC02582 in breast cancer; and TUG1 in bladder cancer were associated with radioresistance. Here, PVT1 is linked to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.