Comment on: Esophageal Cancer After Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Population-based Comparative Cohort Study
It is well known that bariatric surgery has a positive effect on the course of secondary diseases such as diabetes mellitus or hypertension, which could be shown in large long-term, prospective, and controlled studies [1]. However, obesity is also an independent factor for the development of various types of cancer such as colon, liver, endometrial, pancreatic, ovarian or postmenopausal breast cancer [2,3]. As expected, the risk of carcinoma decreases on overall after bariatric surgery. Schauer et al.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Felix Nickel, Eleni Amelia Felinska, Adrian Billeter, Beat M üller-Stich Source Type: research
More News: Bariatric Surgery | Breast Cancer | Breast Carcinoma | Cancer | Cancer & Oncology | Carcinoma | Colon Cancer | Colorectal Cancer | Diabetes | Diabetes Mellitus | Eating Disorders & Weight Management | Endocrinology | Endometrial Cancer | Esophagus Cancer | Gastrectomy | Gastroenterology | Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Hypertension | Liver | Liver Cancer | Obesity | Ovarian Cancer | Ovaries | Pancreas | Pancreatic Cancer | Study | Surgery | Urology & Nephrology