While circumcision has long been known to help in the fight against AIDS, a new research has revealed that the practice can also help reduce the risk of cervical cancer among wives and girlfriends.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore conducted a test in which they found that those who were circumcised were less likely to transfer human papilloma virus or HPV which is the major cause for warts and cervical cancer.
Cervical Cancer - Types, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications & Prevention
Cancer cervix refers to cancerous growth in the cervix and usually occurs in the transition called squamo-columnar junction.
Cancer cervix refers to cancerous growth in the cervix and usually occurs in the transition called squamo-columnar junction.
They found that while more than 38 percent of women with uncircumcised partners were infected with HPV, the infection rate came down to less than 28 percent among those who had circumcised partners.
“Our findings indicate that male circumcision should now be accepted as an efficacious intervention for reducing the prevalence and incidence of HPV infections in female partners. However, protection is only partial; the promotion of safe sex practices is also important”, the researchers wrote in their report which has been published in The Lancet.
About Cancer in Women
Cancer is one of the frequently talked about and most feared disease that falls under the genre of lifestyle diseases that have evolved, rather rapidly, in the past two decades.
Cancer is one of the frequently talked about and most feared disease that falls under the genre of lifestyle diseases that have evolved, rather rapidly, in the past two decades.
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For the first time women will have a vaccine to protect themselves from cervical cancer as the United States has approved.
For the first time women will have a vaccine to protect themselves from cervical cancer as the United States has approved.
