Increased Risk of Cancer in Obese Women- Bariatric Surgery May Be Protective
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009A recent study published in the Journal of The American College of Surgeons demonstrated a link between obesity and certain cancers in women. The group from The University of VIrginia concluded that morbidly obese women who had undergone bariatric surgery had less cancers than a similar group of women that had not undergone weight loss surgery. The most common types of cancers found in these morbidly obese women were endometrial (uterine), breast, and ovarian cancers.




