Although the TERT rs2736100 SNP were repeatedly identified as a susceptibility polymorphisms in many cancers4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, its role in PTC etiology is still largely unknown even after several GWAS of thyroid cancer publised39, 40, 41. Here, TERT is linked to thyroid cancer.