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Bariatric surgery might cut risk of obesity-related cancers: Study

The study analyzed records of more than 55,700 patients with obesity who underwent bariatric surgery, comparing them with the same number of similar patients who did not have surgery. Researchers included patients who had sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, or gastric band procedures, and they controlled for risk factors that play a role in cancer formation, such as smoking history, alcohol use, heart disease, hormone therapies, and other comorbidities.