Abstract
Head and neck cancers (HNC) are considered the seventh most common cancer type worldwide. Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) are the most prevalent and are highly associated with lymph node metastasis, which leads to poor prognosis for patients. In a previous study (Busso-Lopes, 2022), our group identified nodal metastasis signatures in bulk blood and saliva samples of HNC pat…