In addition to lung cancer, bladder cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, colorectal cancer, and breast cancer, the present meta-analysis also showed the association between the TERT rs2736098 polymorphism and the risk of renal cell carcinoma, oral squamous cell carcinoma, esophageal cancer, cervical cancer, glioma, laryngeal cancer, and SCCHN. Here, TERT is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.