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Low expression of miR-30 family members in human HNSCC cell lines and tissues was validated by qPCR. The results revealed that the expression of miR-30b-5p and miR-30e-5p was significantly decreased in the TCGA HNSCC dataset and validation datasets, and this decrease in expression further distinguishes HNSCC associated with tobacco use from other subtypes of HNSCC. CCK8, colony formation, transwell migration and HNSCC xenograft tumor assays indicated that miR-30b-5p or miR-30e-5p inhibited proliferation, migration and invasion <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>, and miR-30b-5p suppressed tumor growth <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>. Moreover, we uncovered that KRAS might be the potential target gene of miR-30e-5p or miR-30b-5p. 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