Zou et al indicated that patients carrying the XPG rs2296147T>C TT genotype had a significantly reduced risk of developing progressive disease or dying from NSCLC (HR (95% CI) for PFS: 0.31 (0.13-0.73); HR (95% CI) for OS: 0.32 (0.14-0.71)) [15]. Here, ERCC5 is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.