What The Study Did: Researchers used French electronic health data to investigate how risk of colorectal cancer compared among obese adults who had weight-loss surgery and who didn't.
Authors: Laurent Bailly, M.D., Ph.D., Universite Cote d'Azur, Nice, France, and coauthors.
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(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.0089)
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JAMA Surgery