Association of Bariatric Surgery With Cancer Risk and Mortality in Adults With Obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Obesity increases the incidence and mortality from some types of cancer, but it remains uncertain whether intentional weight loss can decrease this risk.

Objective

To investigate whether bariatric surgery is associated with lower cancer risk and mortality in patients with obesity.

Design, setting, and participants

In the SPLENDID (Surgical Procedures and Long-term Effectiveness in Neoplastic Disease Incidence and Death) matched cohort study, adult patients with a body mass index of 35 or greater who underwent bariatric surgery at a US health system between 2004 and 2017 were included. Patients who underwent bariatric surgery were matched 1:5 to patients who did not undergo surgery for their obesity, resulting in a total of 30 318 patients. Follow-up ended i

SUBMITTER: Aminian A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9166218 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature