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[quote=Anonymous]Penile cancer is 1 of the rarest forms
of cancer in the Western world (?1
case in 100 000 men per year), almost
always occurring at a later age. When
diagnosed early, the disease generally
has a good survival rate. According
to the AAP report,2 between
909 and 322 000 circumcisions are
needed to prevent 1 case of penile
cancer. Penile cancer is linked to infection
with human papillomaviruses,5
which can be prevented without
tissue loss through condom use
and prophylactic vaccination. [b]It is
remarkable that incidence rates of penile
cancer in the United States, where
?75% of the non-Jewish, non-Muslim
male population is circumcised,1 are
similar to rates in northern Europe,
where #10% of the male population
is circumcised[/b].6
As a preventive measure for penile
cancer, circumcision also fails to meet
the criteria for preventive medicine: the
evidence is not strong; the disease is
rare and has a good survival rate; there
are less intrusive ways of preventing
the disease; and there is no compelling
reason to deny boys their legitimate
right to make their own informed decision
when they are old enough to
do so.
TRADITIONAL STDs
According to the AAP report,2 there is
evidence that circumcision provides
protection against 2 common viral
STDs: genital herpes and genital warts.
However, the evidence in favor of this
claim is [b]based primarily on findings in
RCTs conducted among adult men in
sub-Saharan Africa. For other STDs,
such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia,
circumcision offers no convincing
protection. [/b]The authors of the
AAP report forget to stress that [b]responsible
use of condoms, regardless
of circumcision status, will provide
close to 100% reduction in risk for
any STD. [/b]In addition, STDs occur only
after sexual debut, which implies that
the decision of whether to circumcise
can be postponed to an age when
boys [i]are old enough to decide for
themselves.[/i][/quote]

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