Long-term incidence of female-specific cancer after bariatric surgery or usual care in the Swedish Obese Subjects Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the long-term effects of bariatric surgery on female-specific cancer in women with obesity.

Methods

The prospective, matched Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study was designed to examine outcomes after bariatric surgery. This study includes 1420 women from the SOS cohort that underwent bariatric surgery and 1447 contemporaneously matched controls who received conventional obesity treatment. Age was 37-60years and BMI was ≥38kg/m². Information on cancer events was obtained from the Swedish National Cancer Registry. Median follow-up time was 18.1years (interquartile range 14.8-20.9years, maximum 26years). This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01479452.

Results

Bariatric surgery was associated with reduced risk of overall cance

SUBMITTER: Anveden A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5401644 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature