In HNSCC, mutations in a known set of tumor suppressors and oncogenes, namely TP53, CCND1, NOTCH1, PIK3CA, MYC, CDKN2A, PTEN, and FBXW7, have been reported, but most of them are not associated with survival (4, 44). The gene discussed is CCND1; the disease is head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.