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Bariatric surgery can significantly reduce the risk of cancer–and especially obesity-related cancers–by as much as half in certain individuals, according to a…

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Bariatric surgery can significantly reduce the risk of cancer–and especially obesity-related cancers–by as much as half in certain individuals, according to a study by researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s Center for Liver Diseases and Liver Masses.
The research, published in the journal Gastroenterology, is the first to show bariatric surgery significantly decreases the risk of cancer in individuals with severe obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The risk…

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