ASMBS Position Statement on the Relationship Between Obesity and Cancer, and the Role of Bariatric Surgery: Risk, Timing of Treatment, Effects on Disease Biology and Qualification for Surgery

The following position statement is issued by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in response to numerous inquiries made to the Society by patients, physicians, Society members, hospitals, health insurance payers, the media, and others, regarding the relationship between obesity and cancer. This includes the increased incidence of cancer in patients with obesity, how obesity can impact conventional cancer screening, recommended cancer screening prior to bariatric surgery, the beneficial impact of weight loss not only on future cancer risk but on prolonged survivorship after cancer treatment, the timing of cancer treatment related to bariatric treatment in specific patients, and whether patients with active cancers may, in fact, be considered for bariatric surgery despite older guidelines to the contrary.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: ASMBS Guidelines/Statements Source Type: research