The stratified analyses by cancer type showed that the XPG rs2296147T>C polymorphism was statistically significantly associated with the OS of cancer patients in NSCLC (TT vs. CC, HR = 0.44, 95% CI, 0.29-0.66, P < 0.001, Figure 3A; TT+CT vs. CC: HR = 0.66, 95% CI, 0.46-0.95, P = 0.024, Table 3). Here, ERCC5 is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.