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Gastric Bypass Surgery Cuts Cancer Risk, Researchers Say
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Gastric bypass surgery -- a treatment for obesity that is already known to reduce heart disease and diabetes -- decreases the incidence of cancer by 80 percent over the five years following the procedure, Canadian researchers reported Wednesday. ...
The incidence of two of the most common tumors, breast and colon, was reduced by 85 percent and 70 percent, respectively, Dr. Nicolas Christou of McGill University in Montreal said.
The study confirms the findings of two papers issued in August that showed the surgery reduced overall deaths from cancer. The new study goes a step further by showing reductions in the incidence of several specific types of cancer ...
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