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From Planet Out, Gay & Lesbian News


Masturbation may prevent prostate cancer Mon Apr 21, 7:32 PM ET


SUMMARY: Researchers find that men who masturbate frequently are at
a reduced risk of cancer.

Frequent masturbation may help men cut their risk of contracting
prostate cancer, Australian researchers have found. It is believed
that carcinogens may build up in the prostate if men do not
ejaculate regularly, BBC News reported on Wednesday. The researchers
surveyed more than 1,000 men who had developed prostate cancer, and
1,250 men who had not. They found that men who had ejaculated the
most between the ages of 20 and 50 were the least likely to get
cancer. Men who ejaculated more than five times each week were a
third less likely to develop prostate cancer.

Sexual intercourse may not have the same effect because of the
higher risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, which
could in turn raise the risk of cancer. "Had we been able to remove
ejaculations associated with sexual intercourse, there should have
been an even stronger protective effect of ejaculations, " Graham
Giles of the Cancer Council Victoria, who led the researchers, said
in the article.

The prostate produces a fluid that is incorporated into ejaculation,
which activates sperm and prevents them from sticking together.
Studies on animals have shown that carcinogens like 3-
methylchloranthrene can be harbored in the prostate. Frequent
ejaculation encourages the cancer-inducing fluids to "flush out."