Should male circumcision be advocated for genital cancer prevention

Brian J. Morris; Adrian Mindel; Aaron A.R. Tobian; Catherine A. Hankins; Ronald H. Gray; Robert C. Bailey; Xavier Bosch; Alex D. Wodak

doi:10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.9.4839

Should male circumcision be advocated for genital cancer prevention

Brian J. Morris, Adrian Mindel, Aaron A.R. Tobian, Catherine A. Hankins, Ronald H. Gray, Robert C. Bailey, Xavier Bosch, Alex D. Wodak

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Abstract

The recent policy statement by the Cancer Council of Australia on infant circumcision and cancer prevention and the announcement that the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine will be made available for boys in Australia prompted us to provide an assessment of genital cancer prevention. While HPV vaccination of boys should help reduce anal cancer in homosexual men and cervical cancer in women, it will have little or no impact on penile or prostate cancer. Male circumcision can reduce cervical, penile and possibly prostate cancer. Promotion of both HPV vaccination and male circumcision will synergistically maximize genital cancer prevention.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4839-4842
Number of pages	4
Journal	Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
Volume	13
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.9.4839
State	Published - 2012

Keywords

Cancer
Infectious diseases
Men's health
Public health
Sexual health
Urology
Women's health

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Oncology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Cancer Research

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