Some patients had a 41 per cent lower risk for developing obesity-related cancers
Weight loss surgery can help lower your risk of getting cancer a new study from the University of Utah claims. Published in the medical journal Obesity, researchers also found that cancer mortality rates were significantly lower among female surgical patients compared to those who did not receive any bariatric surgery.
The Utah researchers found that the group which had bariatric surgery group had a 25 per cent lower risk of developing any cancers compared to the non-surgery group, who remained obese. Not only this, but women appear to benefit greatly from weight loss surgery. On the study's findings, it's author Ted Adams said: "This research represents another important study that strongly supports the long-term benefits of weight loss surgery in the prevention of cancer. Important findings of this study are that bariatric surgery results in lower incidence rates of colon cancer," as previous studies have not been consistent.
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