TERT and hepatocellular carcinoma: Besides that, the combined genotypes of TERT (rs2736098*G/A + rs2736100*T/T) and TERT (rs2736098*A/A + rs2736100*G/G) were statistically significant with an elevated risk of HCC compared to cancer-free controls [p-value = 0.004 and 0.047, respectively], (Fig. 2C).