In a review of cervical carcinoma at Magee‐Womens Hospital during a 14‐year period only 47 (5%) of 942 cases admitted for treatment were of the glandular variety. The difficulties encountered in the clinical, cytological and histological diagnosis of this type of cervical neoplasm are discussed. There appeared to be no unanimity concerning the histological criteria for diagnosis but the most frequent microscopic patterns encountered in this study were the papillary and well‐differentiated cervical gland type. There appears to be good correlation between the histological pattern and prognosis and the well‐differentiated tumor established better results than those exemplifying minimal pleomorphic fetuses. In this small series the role of radiotherapy could not be assessed due to inconsistencies in dosage and methods adopted; however, surgery in clinical stages I and II, when the tumor was a well‐differentiated growth, resulted in a 77% 5‐year survival rate.