In head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, Fernández-Mateos et al. observed the associations between ATG10 rs1864183 and a higher susceptibility to develop laryngeal cancer, ATG2B rs3759601 and pharyngeal cancer as well as ATG16L1 rs2241880 and oral carcinoma33. The gene discussed is ATG2B; the disease is laryngeal carcinoma.