
DNA repair genes XPC, XPD, XRCC1, and XRCC3 are associated with risk and survival of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
Keywords: HNSCC, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; HPV, human Papilloma Virus; BER, base-excision repair; NER, nucleotide-excision repair; DSB, double-strand break repair; MMR, mismatch repair; ROS, reactive oxygen species; SNP, single-nucleotide polymorphisms