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Circumcision and Cervical Cancer

The following list of studies show that cervical cancer is not prevented by circumcision

  1. Lilienfeld AM, Graham S. Validity of determining circumcision status by questionnaire as related to epidemiological studies of cancer of cervix. J Nat Cancer Inst 1958;21:713-20.
  2. Wynder EL, Licklider SD. The question of circumcision. Cancer 1960;13:442-5.
  3. Wynder EL, Mantel N, Licklider SD. Statistical considerations on circumcision and cervical cancer. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1960;79:1026-30.
  4. Jones EG, MacDonald I, Brewslow L. A study of epidemiological factors in carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1958;76:1-10.
  5. Stern E, Dixon WJ. Cancer of the cervix: a biometric approach to etiology. Cancer 1961;14:153-60.
  6. Aitken-Swan J, Baird D. Circumcision and cancer of the cervix. Br J Cancer 1965;19:217-27.
  7. Abou-Daoud KT. Epidemiology of carcinoma of the cervix uteri in Lebanese Christians and moslems. Cancer 1967;20:1706-14.
  8. Stern E, Lachenbruch PA. Circumcision information in a cancer detection center population. J Chronic Dis 1968;21:117-24.
  9. Christopherson WM. The geographic distribution of cervix cancer and its possible implications. J Ir Med Assoc 1968;61:1-3.
  10. Malhotra SL. A study of carcinoma of uterine cervix with special reference to its causation and prevention. Br J Cancer 1971;25:62-71.
  11. Terris M, Wilson F, Nelson JH Jr. Relation of circumcision to cancer of the cervix. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1973117:1056-66.
  12. Russell AE. Possible etiologies of cancer of the cervix other than herpes virus. Cancer Res 1973;33:1485-90.
  13. Harington JS. Epidemiology and aetiology of cancer of the uterine cervix including the detection of carcinogenic N-nitrosamines in the human vaginal vault S Afr Med J 1975;49:443-5.
  14. Persaud V. Geographical pathology of cancer of the uterine cervix. Trop Geogr Med 1977;29:335-45.
  15. Sumithran E. Rarity of cancer of the cervix in the Malaysian Orang Asli despite the presence of known risk factors. Cancer 1977;39:1570-2.
  16. Naik KG. Cervical carcinoma in Zambia. Int Surg 1977;62:110-1.
  17. Megafu U. Cancer of the genital tract among the Ibo women in Nigeria. Cancer 1979;44:1875-8.
  18. Lee JP, Cuello C, Singh K. Review of the epidemiology of cervical cancer in the Pacific Basin. Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 1982;62:197-9.
  19. Brinton LA, Reeves WC, Brenes MM, Herrero R, Gaitan E, Tenorio F, de-Britton RC, Garcia M, Rawls WE. The male factor in the etiology of cervical cancer among sexually monogamous women. Int J Cancer 1989;44:199-203.