A squamous cell carcinoma arising from the cervical epithelium. It usually evolves from a precancerous cervical lesion. Increased numbers of sexual partners and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection are risk factors for cervical squamous cell carcinoma. The following histologic patterns have been described: conventional squamous cell carcinoma, papillary squamous cell carcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma, lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma, verrucous carcinoma, condylomatous carcinoma and spindle cell carcinoma. Survival is most closely related to the stage of disease at the time of diagnosis. The disease is Monarch Disease Ontology entry MONDO_0006143 (cervical squamous cell carcinoma). Also known as: cervical squamous cell cancer, cervix squamous cell carcinoma, cervix uteri squamous cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of cervix, squamous cell carcinoma of cervix uteri, squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix uteri, squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix.