According to this prognostic signature, each HNSCC patient in the TCGA was assigned a risk score, calculated as per the following formula: risk score = 0.4006 × KLHL7-DT + 0.5354 × AC007066.3 + 0.7787 × LINC01123 + (−0.4349) × AC087752.4 + (−1.0036) × AL162458.1 + (−0.9560) × LINC01281 + 0.3306 × AC245041.2 + 0.3284 × SNHG7 + (−0.6826) × AC108010.1 + (−0.3378) × AL109936.2 + 0.6325 × ALMS1-IT1. This evidence concerns the gene LINC01123 and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.