In conclusion, through a population-based case–control study, we found that there was no significant association between TP53 codon 72 as well as intron 3 16-bp duplication polymorphisms and breast cancer risk in Chinese Han women when multiple genetic models along with Armitage’s trend test were utilized in the analysis, but the heterozygous Arg/Pro may exist as the possible risk genotype of the codon 72 polymorphism, which were a little distinguished from the conclusions of previous studies. Here, TP53 is linked to breast carcinoma.