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Stomach stapling results in lessened cancer risk
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A new study out of Sweden shows that women who get their stomachs stapled in a quest for weight loss have a lower risk of developing cancer. This reveals the link between weight and cancer that science has long alluded to but been unable to prove. How exactly weight affects the chances of developing cancer isn’t clear. What is becoming clearer, however, is that there is a relationship worth examining further.
The study, as reported at MSNBC, involved over 2,000 stomach stapling patients over a 10 year period. They also followed a control group of similarly obese patients who didn’t undergo surgery. During the 10 years, the women in the stomach stapling group had a lower occurrence of cancer.
Interestingly, the male study subjects didn’t exhibit a lessened chance of cancer. This could be due to men only making up about ¼ of the study subjects.
For women, the risk of cancer was reduced by nearly 40%. Even for the women who lost weight but didn’t undergo surgery, there was a marked decrease. This, the scientists hypothesize, shows there is an “unknown factor” connecting weight and cancer risks. We will likely see more and more research on this “unknown” as time goes on.
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