HLA-A and cervical carcinoma: Given the putative association between various HLA polymorphisms and the risk of cervical neoplasia,13,14,16,19,21,22 as well as the established biological association between HLA class I molecules and cervical cancer,37–40 the relative lack of epidemiological research on the importance of each HLA class I allele is surprising.13,24,25,27 In particular, the results of the few extant epidemiological studies on HLA-A alleles and cervical neoplasia have been inconsistent and controversial, as compared with those investigating other HLA class I alleles.13,25,27