Monday, April 7, 2014

Men who are circumcised after 35 are nearly HALF as likely to develop prostate cancer

  • Circumcision has been found to lower risk of prostate cancer
  • Circumcised men 11 per cent less likely to develop prostate cancer 
  • Those who undergo procedure after the age of 35 are 45 per cent less likely
  • The effect is particularly tangible among black men, study found




  • Reduced risk: Men circumcised after the age of 35 are 45 per cent less likely to develop prostate cancer
    Reduced risk: Men circumcised after the age of 35 are 45 per cent less likely to develop prostate cancer
    Men who are circumcised as adults are nearly half as likely to develop prostate cancer, a study has found.
    Those who have the procedure after the age of 35 are 45 per cent less at risk than uncircumcised men, according to research published by a Canadian university.
    As a whole, men who are circumcised are 11 per cent less likely to later develop prostate cancer compared to those who are not.
    Prostate cancer is rare amongst Jewish or Muslim men, the majority of whom are circumcised.
    While the specific causes of this cancer remain unknown, three risk factors have been identified: aging, a family history of this cancer, and Black African ethnic origins. 
    Researchers at the University of Montreal and the INRS-Institut-Armand-Frappier interviewed a group of Montreal men where half had been diagnosed with prostate cancer between 2005 and 2009.
    Although men who had undergone the procedure as adults were significantly less likely to later develop prostate cancer, those circumcised before the age of one was 14 per cent less likely.
    The study also found that circumcision had a particularly strong preventive effect among black men.
     

    Among the black men interviewed in the study, the risk of prostate cancer was 1.4 times higher than the white men.
    The risk of prostate cancer decreased by 60 per cent among black men who had been circumcised at any stage of their life.
    This follows an American study published last week which found that the health benefits of male circumcision far outweigh the risks by more than 100 to one.

    Great benefits: Men who had been circumcised before the age of one were14 per cent less likely to later  develop prostate cancer, the study found
    Great benefits: Men who had been circumcised before the age of one were14 per cent less likely to later develop prostate cancer, the study found

    The study found that over their lifetime, half of uncircumcised men will contract an adverse medical condition caused by their foreskin.
    In infancy, the strongest immediate benefit is protection against urinary tract infections (UTIs) that can damage the kidneys.
    The study, by  Professor Brian Morris and co-investigator Dr Tom Wiswell, of the Centre for Neonatal Care in Orlando, Florida, showed last year that over the lifetime, UTIs affect one in three uncircumcised males.


    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2598666/Men-circumcised-35-nearly-half-likely-develop-prostate-cancer.html#ixzz2yDvCUTlz 
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