Can weight-loss surgery prevent cancer?: It is clear that significant long-term weight loss achieved through bariatric surgery results in improved health through resolution of diabetes, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, reflux disease, depression and a number of other significant comorbidities.
It has been less clear how weight-loss surgery affects the development of cancer in this patient group.
But a recent U.S. study has demonstrated that gastric bypass surgery may result in lower cancer incidence
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