Bariatric surgery is associated with a reduced incidence of hematologic cancer, specifically in women, according to a new study published in Lancet Healthy Longevity (2023;4[10]:e544-e551).
The prospective controlled Swedish Obese Subjects study was designed to compare overall mortality in 2,007 people who underwent bariatric surgery and 2,040 people who did not undergo surgery. The groups were otherwise similar in terms of age, sex, body composition, cardiovascular risk factors and
OCTOBER 23, 2023