Bariatric Surgery Lowers Risk for Uterine Cancer
Obese women could reduce their risk of developing uterine cancer by as much as 70% with bariatric surgery, according to new research.
And if the women maintain a normal weight after surgery, this dramatic decrease in risk is even better — up to 81%, said lead investigator Kristy Ward, MD, from the University of California, San Diego.
She presented the findings at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology 45th Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer in Tampa, Florida.
“We know that endometrial cancer is strongly associated with obesity,” Dr. Ward told Medscape Medical News in a telephone interview.
In fact, “it has been estimated that as much as 37% of uterine cancer is associated with obesity,” she reported. Of all the obesity-related cancers, uterine cancer has the strongest association with obesity.
“Uterine cancer is also the most common cancer of the female reproductive organs, affecting about 50,000 women in 2013. Endometrial cancer, which occurs in the inner lining of the uterus, accounts for 95% of those cancers,” Dr. Ward said.
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