Evaluating the Correlation of Bariatric Surgery and the Prevalence of Cancers in Obese Patients: A Study of the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) Database

Purpose Obesity is a global pandemic that exerts a significant burden on healthcare worldwide. Multiple cancers, as well as deaths from the same, are more prevalent in obese patients. Bariatric surgery has been shown to be the most effective way of treating obesity once other measures have been exhausted. There is no concordant data available to support that bariatric surgery can reduce the prevalence of cancer. Using one of the largest data samples, we evaluate the correlation of bariatric...