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Comment
. 2012 Sep;14(5):661-2.
doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.47. Epub 2012 May 28.

Circumcision reduces prostate cancer risk

Brian J Morris  1 , Jake H Waskett
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Circumcision reduces prostate cancer risk

Brian J Morris et al. Asian J Androl. 2012 Sep.
No abstract available

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Plot showing association between estimated circumcision prevalence and prostate cancer incidence in 181 countries for which data on each factor are available (obtained on 9 Apr 2012 from http://globocan.iarc.fr/ and http://www.circs.org/index.php/Reviews/Rates/Global). Dashed line shows best fit (r=0.46, P=8.4×10–11). The analysis involved approximately 900 000 prostate cancer cases.
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