ORPHA:213777
High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix uteri
Also known as: High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix · Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix uteri · Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine cervical carcinoma
Query health: suspect — Only one of 2 strategies returned hits (phrase).
Publications
13
28.7th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
153
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
1/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix uteri is a rare, aggressive, primary cervical neoplasm, originating from neuroendocrine cells present in the lining epithelium of the cervix, characterized, macroscopically, by usually large lesions, sometimes with a barrel-shaped appearance. Patients often present with abnormal vaginal bleeding or discharge, pelvic/abdominal pain, post-coital spotting and/or dysuria, while symptoms related to carcinoid syndrome are not frequent.
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
- MONDO:0016276
- UMLS:C4751235
- NCIT:C128045
Additional Mondo synonyms (3)
high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix · poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix uteri · poorly differentiated neuroendocrine cervical carcinoma
Research stages
Trial readiness signals
Where this condition sits on an open-data research pipeline — not how close a treatment is, and not medical advice. Empty stages often mean “not in these databases under this Mondo ID,” not “impossible.”
1/6 stages with a signal
Research-stage checklist from open sources (GenCC, literature, Monarch when enriched, ClinicalTrials.gov). Not a prognosis or care recommendation.
- Gene identifiedNot found
No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build
- LiteraturePresent
13 matched papers (11 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO
- Animal modelNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance
- Orphan designationNot checked
FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet
- Interventional trialNot found
No matched interventional trial under our ClinicalTrials.gov rules
Biology
Genes and phenotypes
Gene–disease validity from GenCC, plus phenotypes and animal models joined from Monarch Initiative via Mondo ID — not a clinical diagnosis aid.
Do we know what causes it?
Not yet — the cause hasn't been pinned down in GenCC.
No strong gene–disease assertion joined for this Orphanet entity.
Phenotypes (Monarch / HPO)
Not enriched in this build — Monarch phenotype joins were not run for this record.
Animal models (Monarch / Alliance)
Not enriched in this build.
Literature
Is anyone studying this?
13
13 papers have ever been indexed under this name. For scale, breast cancer has over 700,000. Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=5449) is 41.
13 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 41 (publications denominator n=5449).
11 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 28.7th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 13 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
153
Distinct author names in 13 sampled papers — named people below.
Who's working on it?
No interventional trial matched this name; these authors publish on it in the sampled literature — a practical starting point for contact.
- 01Chao WR2 papers · 2024
Department of Pathology, ChungShan Medical University and Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address: littleuni@hotmail.com.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Han CP2 papers · 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Pathology, ChungShan Medical University and Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Kido A2 papers · 2020
Department of Radiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Abe M1 paper · 2017
Division of Pathology, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, 1007 Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Alexandrov LB1 paper · 2024
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Altwerger G1 paper · 2024
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Andikyan V1 paper · 2024
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Angioli R1 paper · 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome 00128, Italy.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Aoki D1 paper · 2017
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Azodi M1 paper · 2024
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
Papers in Europe PMC
Clinical research
Is a treatment being tested?
0
interventional trials for this specific condition
No interventional trial testing a treatment matched this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov (observational studies and pan-disease registries are listed separately when present).
Data as of 27 July 2026
No matched interventional trials. This is true for 73% of diseases in the trials denominator (5114 of 7003). Here are the researchers publishing on it.
high confidence · 36.5th percentile (trials denominator)
Recruiting interventional trials
From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set
No interventional trial testing a treatment was found for this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov.
See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
Where to find support
We do not yet link condition-specific patient organisations. These umbrella groups support undiagnosed and ultra-rare families:
India — NPRD
Last verified 2026-07-26This ORPHAcode is not on our curated NPRD list (direct or Mondo-parent match). That does not decide clinical eligibility; families in India should ask a notified Centre of Excellence about current coverage.
Hand-curated for this project. ORPHAcode mappings are best-effort and may be incomplete or imprecise for umbrella categories. Parent (Mondo) matches mean the policy lists a broader category — confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence. Financial entitlements summarised from public policy statements and may change. This is not official government guidance.
How we counted this
Europe PMC query (preferred label + any corrected label + Orphanet and Mondo exact synonyms, stoplisted; unioned with resolved MeSH labels when available). UMLS / OMIM / NCIT cross-references are stored on the overview but are not added to the query string.
"High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix uteri" OR "High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of cervix uteri" OR "High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix" OR "High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of uterine cervix" OR "Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix uteri" OR "Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of cervix uteri" OR "Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine cervical carcinoma"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix uteri" OR "High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of cervix uteri" OR "High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix" OR "High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of uterine cervix" OR "Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix uteri" OR "Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of cervix uteri" OR "Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine cervical carcinoma" OR "uterine cervix neoplasm"
Recall-expansion terms: uterine cervix neoplasm
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Query health: suspect — strategies attempted: phrase, recall-expansion; with hits: phrase
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Confidence reasoning
- Preferred label is multi-word and distinctive
- No synonyms dropped by stoplist
- No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
Ingested 2026-07-27T09:38:51.547Z