Small-cell carcinoma and HPV
Small-cell carcinoma, whether cervical or oropharyngeal, is said to be rare but aggressive and deadly.
Here are links to a few papers which touch on small-cell carcinoma's relationship to HPV.
Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Oropharynx Harbouring Oncogenic HPV-Infection
(Mar 2014)
Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Cervix: A Rare Entity
(Feb 2014)
HPV genotyping in neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix in northern Thailand
(Nov 2011)
Detection of HPV-DNA by a PCR-based method in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue from rare endocervical carcinoma types
(Jan 2010)
Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix: A clinicopathologic retrospective study of 31 cases with prognostic implications
(Apr 2006)
Endocrine tumors of the cervix: morphologic assessment, expression of human papillomavirus, and evaluation for loss of heterozygosity on 1p,3p, 11q, and 17p
(Oct 1998)
Small cell carcinoma of the cervix. A clinicopathologic study of 26 patients
(Feb 1994)
Evaluation of histologic, morphometric, and immunohistochemical criteria in the differential diagnosis of small cell carcinomas of the cervix with particular reference to human papillomavirus types 16 and 18
(Sep 1991)
Small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix. A human papillomavirus type 18-associated cancer
(Jan 1991)