Screening key lncRNAs with diagnostic and prognostic value for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma based on machine learning and mRNA-lncRNA co-expression network analysis.

Journal: Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the seventh most common type of cancer around the world. The aim of this study was to seek the long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) acting as diagnostic and prognostic biomarker of HNSCC.

Authors

  • Ying Hu
    Department of Ultrasonography, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Qingchun Road No. 79, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China.
  • Geyang Guo
    Department of Radiotherapy, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Hunan, China.
  • Junjun Li
  • Jie Chen
    School of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Science Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
  • Pingqing Tan
    Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Hunan, China.