Review article: obesity and colorectal cancer.

Marc BardouAlexia RoulandMyriam MartelRomaric LoffroyAlan N Barkun Nicolas Chapelle

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2022)

Despite a growing body of evidence linking obesity to CRC, many questions remain unanswered, including whether we should screen patients with obesity earlier or propose prophylactic bariatric surgery for certain patients with obesity.

Keyphrases

weight loss
insulin resistance
bariatric surgery
metabolic syndrome
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
weight gain
adipose tissue
obese patients
skeletal muscle
physical activity