rs13174814 (OR = 0.87, CI = 0.82–0.93, P = 4.9 × 10−6) maps to the TERT promoter (chr5: 1,299,859 and ~4.7 Kb from the 5′ UTR), a region that has been previously associated with the risk of testicular [rs4635969 (Turnbull et al. 2010)], lung [rs4975616 (Landi et al. 2009; Wang et al. 2008)], prostate [rs7712562, rs2853669, rs2736107 and rs13190087 (Kote-Jarai et al. 2013)] and breast cancers [rs2853669, rs2736108 and rs2736107 (Bojesen et al. 2013)]. Here, TERT is linked to breast cancer.