Bioinformatic analysis and verification of a lipid metabolism-related long noncoding RNA prognostic signature for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Purpose: Both lipid metabolism reprogramming and lncRNAs exert effects on tumor development. We aimed to predict the prognosis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) based on lipid metabolism-related (LR)-lncRNAs.

Methods: LR-lncRNAs were determined from the RNA-ref profiles of HNSCC samples in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA).