HECTD1 and nasopharyngeal carcinoma: As a consequence, we confirmed five target genes that had prognostic effects on NPC, namely, E2F1, KCNJ8, SUCO, HECTD1, and KIF23, where SUCO and HECTD1 are the targets of miR-142-3p and E2F1, KCNJ8, and KIF23 are the targets of miR-93.