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Re: REQUEST : Foreskin / circumcision
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: REQUEST : Foreskin / circumcision
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From: dchakrav@netserv.unmc.edu (Dhruba Chakravarti)
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Date: 30 Aug 1996 21:38:48 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: University of Nebraska Medical Center
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Vivek Sadananda Pai (vivek@cs.rice.edu) wrote:
: I found that paragraph highly misleading, and that's why I responded.
: Likewise, cancer isn't an overnight phenomenon, and more and more
: people are getting cancer these days simply because they're living
: longer. The classic case is prostrate cancer - it just doesn't happen
: to men in their 30's (well, in small numbers, definitely). It's a
: cancer which affects older men.
: If the case is the same with cancer of the foreskin or penis, then
: longevity would have a definite effect on the rate of illness, and a
: quick dismissal of the danger by saying "it's not a problem in India"
: does more harm than good.
Dear Vivekji:
Thank you for following up. Pardon me, but I must say that you have no
idea about the science of this subject. It is impossible to discuss
science in vacuum. Therefore, I will give a reference for you to read.
You will find the journal in any medical library.
1. Maden et al., (1993) History of circumcision, medical conditions and
sexual activity and risk of penile cancer. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 85(1)
19-24.
You should be able to understand this article. The authors have described
what epidemiologists have found, that there is at least one reported case
that cancer developed at the circumcison scar. But I won't tell you what
they really found, I will let you tell me what you think.
With best regards,
Dhruba.
