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* It can be concluded that circumcision is ineffective as a preventive measure against UTIs.
* Penile and cervical cancer / HPV: first studies on those diseases and their assumed prevention by circumcision date back to 1932, a time when the cause for those illnesses was not yet fully understood.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Wolbarst |init=A |title=Circumcision and penile cancer |journal=Lancet |date=1932 |volume=1 |issue=5655 |pages=150-153 |url= |accessdate=Wolbarst1932}}</ref> Today, it is known that sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) is a major risk factor<ref>{{REFjournal
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