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'''Cervical cancer''' is caused by the [[human papillomavirus]], also known as HPV. Circumcision advocates often use HPV as a scare tactic, falsely asserting that [[circumcision ]] prevents, or "reduces" its transmission. Like all other diseases that circumcision is supposed to prevent, however, the best "evidence" that is offered is statistical analyses of carefully selected data. There is, as of yet no established mechanism whereby [[circumcision]] prevents, or reduces the transmission of HPV.

Cervical cancer is cancer of the cervix. The [[cervix ]] is the lower part of the uterus, or womb, and is situated at the top of the [[vagina]]. Cervical cancer develops when abnormal cells in the lining of the cervix begin to multiply out of control and form pre-cancerous lesions. If undetected, these lesions can develop into tumours and spread into the surrounding tissue.

Castellsagué et al. (2002) found that "HPV was present in 19.6% of [[uncircumcised]] men and 5.5% of [[circumcised ]] men. Men who had had 6 or more sexual partners also had an increased risk of infection. After adjustment for confounding variables, circumcision remained associated with less frequent HPV infection."<ref>{{REFjournal

}}</ref> The same Castellsagué (2014) found that [[circumcision ]] was practically useless for HPV prevention.<ref>{{REFweb