Weight-loss drugs’ impact on cancer risk revealed in new study

Weight-loss medications and bariatric surgery have both been found effective at helping people shed excess pounds — and now a new study explores their link to obesity-related cancer (ORC) risk.

Obesity is a known risk factor for certain types of cancers, and has also been shown to impact cancer survival.

Obesity-related cancers include multiple myeloma, meningioma, adenocarcinoma of esophagus; stomach, colorectal, liver or bile duct, gallbladder, pancreas, uterus, ovary, renal-cell kidney...