Neonatal circumcision does not protect against penile cancer

Current investigations into risks posed by infection with human papillomavirus (circumcised males have been shown to have an increased risk of such infection) and use of tobacco have been instructive. 5 Frisch and colleagues have otherwise injected a welcome note of scientific rationalism into the debate over circumcision, which, despite the active participation of medical staff, is in essence an issue not of medical science but of human rights.