CLPTM1L and cancer: Recently, several genome-wide association studies (GWAS) reported that common polymorphisms of Telomerase reverse transcriptase-cleft lip and palate transmembrane 1 like, CLPTM1L (TERT-CLPTM1L), which is located at locus 5p15.33, were associated with the risk of many types of cancer [5], [6].