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Male circumcision linked to lower rates of cervical cancer

BMJ 2002; 324 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.324.7344.994/a (Published 27 April 2002) Cite this as: BMJ 2002;324:994
  1. Fred Charatan
  1. Florida

    A research team from the Multicenter Cervical Cancer Study Group of the International Agency for Research on Cancer has found that the risk of cervical cancer is less in women whose male partners are circumcised. The study also found that circumcised men have a reduced risk of contracting penile human papillomavirus …

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