Abstract:Objective To evaluate the genotype distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) and the correlations of HPV parameters and clinicopathological/treatment variables with prognosis in cervical adeno-adenosquamous carcinoma (AD/ASC). Methods Consecutive patients, who received primary treatment for International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stages Ⅰ, Ⅳ cervical AD/ASC between 2005 and 2012, were retrospectively reviewed. Prognostic models were constructed and followed by internal validation with bootstrap resampling. Results A total of 247 AD/ASC patients were eligible for survival analysis. HPV18 was detected in 51.5% and HPV16 in 36.2% of the samples. Age > 50 years, FIGO stages Ⅲ, Ⅳ and HPV16-negativity were significantly related to cancer relapse; and age > 50 years, FIGO stages Ⅲ, Ⅳ, HPV16-negativity and HPV58-positivity were the significant predictors for cancer-specific survival (CSS) by multivariate analyses. HPV16-positivity was closely associated with good prognosis in those receiving primary radiotherapy or concurrent chemoradiation (RT/CCRT) (CSS: hazard ratio 0.41, 95% CI: 0.21-0.78). Patients with FIGO stage Ⅰ, Ⅱ and HPV16-negative AD / ASC treated with primary RH-PLND had significantly better CSS than those treated with RT/CCRT (P < 0.001). Conclusions Age > 50 years, FIGO stages Ⅲ, Ⅳ andHPV16-negativity are significant poor prognostic factors in cervical AD/ASC. Patients with HPV16-negative tumour might be better treated with primary surgery (e.g. radical hysterectomy for stages Ⅰ, Ⅳ and pelvic exenteration for stage IVA).