Bariatric Surgery Cuts Women's Cancer Risk

Courtesy WebMD Health  Tue, 06/23/2009 - 17:00

Bariatric surgery cuts cancer risk by a "very strong" 42% in obese women -- but not in obese men, a 10-year Swedish study finds.


 

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