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}}</ref><ref name="cook1993"/> and HPV lesions are equally common in [[circumcised]] and [[intact]] men.<ref name="Aynaud etal 1994"/> As the number of [[circumcised]] men approaching the age at which penile cancer becomes evident (70s and 80s) it is quite likely that the vast majority of men developing penile cancer in the [[United States]] will be [[circumcised]].
Reddy et al. (1975) examined the frequency of carcinoma of the penis from 32 hospitals in India and found a wide variation in incidence that could not be explained by the [[intact]] status of the Hindus or the [[circumcision]] practices of the Muslims. <ref name="reddy1975">{{REFjournal
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|pages=474-6
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}}</ref> Finally, circumcision does not explain why Japan and [[Denmark]] have lower penile cancer rates than the [[United States]] when circumcision, especially infant [[circumcision]], is not common in those two countries.<ref name="kochen1980">{{REFjournal
|last=Kochen