The miRNA expression profiles of TGCA-HNSC dataset and the clinical information were obtained from TCGA database (https://portal.gdc.cancer.gov/) (25). A total of 528 patients with HNSCC from TCGA database were selected for analysis in the present study. The exclusion criteria were as follows: i) Incomplete information on LNM; ii) incomplete patient clinical data; and iii) the miR-411-5p expression data were incomplete. Following the exclusion of patients, the miR-411-5p expression levels and clinical information from 378 patients with HNSCC were used in the present study.
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