“…Nanda et al evaluated the XRCC-1 Arg194Trp SNP in HNSCC and reported enhanced ARIT to CRT in the patient with the polymorphic variant. 21 In head and neck cancers, on univariate and multivariate analysis, many studies have reported association of ARIT with patient characteristics (such as age, smoking, alcohol uptake status, performance status, gender, genetic predisposition, and nutritional status), carcinoma characteristics (tumor stage, nodal stage, and disease stage), and treatment characteristics (radiation dose, fraction size and scheme, volume of treatment, type of radiation, and chemotherapy administration). [46][47][48][49] In our study, on multivariate analysis, tumor stage (T3-T4) and nodal stage (N2-N3) were associated with dysphagia ARIT, age (> 50 years) with oral mucositis ARIT, and XRCC1 polymorphic variant (C/T + T/T) for oral mucositis and skin ARIT.…”