ASMBS position statement on the relationship between obesity and cancer, and the role of bariatric surgery: risk, timing of treatment, effects on disease biology, and qualification for surgery

Authors

Saber Ghiassi, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.Follow
Maher El Chaar, Department of Bariatric Surgery, St. Luke's University Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania.Follow
Essa M. Aleassa, Department of General Surgery, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.Follow
Fady Moustarah, Ascension St. Mary's Hospital, Saginaw, Michigan.
Sofiane El Djouzi, AMITA Health, Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
T Javier Birriel, St. Luke's University Health Network, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
Ann M. Rogers, Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Penn State Health, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: arogers@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.Follow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery

First Page

713

Last Page

724

DOI

10.1016/j.soard.2020.03.019

Publication Date

6-1-2020

Recommended Citation

Ghiassi, Saber; El Chaar, Maher; Aleassa, Essa M.; Moustarah, Fady; El Djouzi, Sofiane; Birriel, T Javier; and Rogers, Ann M., "ASMBS position statement on the relationship between obesity and cancer, and the role of bariatric surgery: risk, timing of treatment, effects on disease biology, and qualification for surgery" (2020). Surgery. 155.
https://scholar.bridgeporthospital.org/surgery/155

Identifier

32359998 (pubmed); 10.1016/j.soard.2020.03.019 (doi); S1550-7289(20)30148-9 (pii)