The TT genotyping of TERT-54 and AA genotyping of POT1-03 were inversely associated with breast cancer risk but the associations were not statistically significant (the ORs were 0.83 (95%CI: 0.44–1.57) and 0.48 (95%CI: 0.23–1.00), respectively). Here, TERT is linked to breast cancer.