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BENEFITS OF CIRCUMCISION
2006+ Edition
(Some information may be based on the 2013 Edition)
Circumcision is a very popular procedure. The purpose of this website is to provide a balanced up-to-date evidence-based review of scientific studies on male circumcision that have been published mainly in reputable international medical and scientific journals after a formal, critical refereeing process by experts in the field.
The information reviewed herein is the most extensive and accurate in the world. Listed are over 1,000 references. Most can be found by the reader in any medical library or Internet referencing service, such as PubMed. The message they convey is quite clear and have helped in formulation of affirmative circumcision policy statements by major international and national organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, the WHO, UNAIDS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Circumcision Foundation Australia over recent years.
It is the intention of the present overview to provide easily-accessible, reliable, balanced information that should be of assistance to parents, medical professionals, scholars, as well as all adults. The author is a full professor in the medical faculty of a major university. He has over 40 years of scientific research experience and more than 320 research publications, including over 50 on circumcision, mostly in peer-reviewed international journals. As such he is often invited by journals, book publishers, professional organizations and the news media for his comments or other contributions.
CONTENTS
- Disclaimer
- What is circumcision?
- Who gets circumcised?
- Debate
- Position statements
- Foreskin
- History
- Specialists views
- Benefits outweigh the risks
- Pain and memory
- Penile hygiene
- Rates of circumcision
- Physical problems
- Dermatoses
- Tract infections
- Infections
- Cancer of the penis
- Prostate cancer
- Cervical cancer
- Herpes simplex type 2
- Chlamydia in women
- HIV: the AIDS virus
- Breast Cancer
- The procedure itself
- Anesthesia
- Cost-Benefit
- Whose responsibility?
- Risks
- Conclusion
- About the Author
- References
