The bariatric surgery, used in the treatment of morbid obesity, reduced by 42 percent the likelihood that an overweight woman suffering from cancer, according to a study released today by the British journal The Lancet.
Obesity has always been considered a risk factor for development of some types of tumors, but never so far had shown that surgical intervention to combat overweight could stop this disease. (more…)
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Surgery for weight loss reduces cancer risk in women
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009Tags: bariatric surgery, Surgery for weight loss, women weight loss
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