S-M Wang et al. The American Journal of Gastroenterology: September 2021 – Volume 116 – Issue 9 – p 1844-1852. Open Access: Population Attributable Risks of Subtypes of Esophageal and Gastric Cancers in the United States

This study examined population risks for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), gastric cardia adenocarcinoma (GCA), and gastric noncardia adenocarcinoma (GNCA).

“We prospectively examined the associations for risk factors and these cancers in 490,605 people in the National Institutes of Health-the American Association of Retired Persons Diet and Health cohort Diet and Health Study cohort from 1995 to 2011.”

Key findings:

My take: Tobacco, Obesity and Alcohol are associated with increased risk for a large proportion of esophageal and gastric cancers in the United States

Related article: VK Rustgi et al. Gastroenterol 2021; 161: 171-184. Open Access: Bariatric Surgery Reduces Cancer Risk in Adults With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Severe Obesity

Key findings:

• The IPTW (inverse probability of treatment weighting)-adjusted risk of any cancer and obesity-related cancer was reduced by 18% (hazard ratio, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.76–0.89) and 25% (hazard ratio, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.56–0.75), respectively, in patients with versus without bariatric surgery.
• In cancer-specific models, bariatric surgery was associated with significant risk reductions for colorectal, pancreatic, endometrial, thyroid cancers, hepatocellular carcinoma, and multiple myeloma.

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