Three SNPs were replicated in the independent Finnish dataset of 1648 invasive cervical cancer cases: PAX8 (rs10175462; p=0·015), CLPTM1L (rs27069; p=2·54 × 10−7), and HLA-DQA1 (rs9272050; p=7·90 × 10−8). Here, PAX8 is linked to cervical carcinoma.