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Bariatric surgery appears to have a protective effect on the risk of breast cancer in women with obesity, especially those with hyperinsulinemia, according to data from the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study.

Individuals who regularly eat ultra-processed foods are at greater risk of death, which is driven by causes other than cancer and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), reports a study.

In the second-line treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer harbouring KRAS mutation, onvansertib combined with FOLIFRI/bevacizumab demonstrates promising clinical activity while having a manageable safety profile, according to the results of a phase Ib study.

For people who have successfully undergone Helicobacter pylori-eradication therapy, the use of aspirin does more good than harm, such that the benefit of reduced gastrointestinal (GI) cancer-related mortality outweighs the risk of bleeding-related mortality, according to a study.

The use of menopausal hormone therapy among postmenopausal Asian women has been linked to a reduced risk of gastric cancer in a study.

People with diabetes are at heightened risk of cancer, with the risk starting to increase even before the diagnosis of diabetes and peaking in the year after, according to a study.

Early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) does not appear to carry an increased risk of advanced neoplasia compared with average-onset CRC and, hence, does not require more frequent colonoscopy surveillance, according to a study.