ERCC1 and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Accordingly, Patel et al. have recently published that patients with oropharyngeal HNSCC and high ERCC1 expression were more likely to survive and remain disease-free when compared to nonoropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients with high ERCC1 expression despite treatment modality and human papillomavirus virus (HPV) status [52].