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Gastric Cancer

Research from Catholic University, Medical Department in the area of gastric cancer described

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 25th, 2009

"Morbid obesity is associated with different gastrointestinal alterations and diseases. Surgically induced weight loss has become the best treatment for morbidly obese patients," scientists in Santiago, Chile report.

"Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is the most common procedure performed worldwide. Concerns regarding difficulties in further evaluation of stomach remnant for early detection of gastric cancer, however, have emphasized the routine use of preoperative upper endoscopy, even in asymptomatic patients, to detect upper gastrointestinal abnormalities. The main outcome of this study was to identify the most common preoperative endoscopic findings. Data was collected from...

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