2.10. TCGA Analysis

For correlation and survival analysis, a dataset of 517 cases for HNSCC from The Human Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) was downloaded from cBioportal: http://www.cbioportal.org/, accessed on 21 March 2017. The data were processed following the TCGA policy. Expression heat maps and Kaplan-Meier plots were generated using SUMO software package: http://www.oncoexpress.de, accessed on 4 October 2016. The TnB geneset corresponds to RT2 Profiler PCR Array Human T-Cell and B-Cell Activation https://geneglobe.qiagen.com/us/product-groups/rt2-profiler-pcr-arrays (accessed on 7 May 2020) and includes 84 genes listed in Table S1.