PTEN and cervical carcinoma: Somatic mutations in PIK3CA, PTEN, TP53, STK11, KRAS, MAPK1, HLA-B, EP300, FBXW7, NFE2L2, TP53, ERBB2, as well as several copy number alterations have been implicated in the pathogenesis of cervical carcinomas [3, 4].