<prompt> Most common type of cervical cancer:Squamous cell CASmall cell CAAdeno CAAdenoma  <response>: Ans. a Squamous cell CARef. Shaws 15thed., pg: 964 The two most common histologic subtypes of cervical cancer are squamous cell and adenocarcinoma. Of these, squamous cell tumors predominate, comprise 85 percent of all cervical cancers, and arise from the ectocervix Adenocarcinomas comprise 10 to 15 percent of cervical cancers and arise from the endocervical mucus- producing glandular cells. 