Obesity Abstracts

Excess body weight is associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer. Obesity surgery (OS) is increasingly performed in individuals who are ‘morbidly’ obese. Increased CRC risk was particularly evident greater than ten years after OS and was similar for gastric bypass, gastric banding and gastroplasty. By contrast, CRC risk in non-operated obese individuals remained stable according to the literature review. We present a 35 year old male, who underwent laparosco...