The Effectiveness of Metabolic Bariatric Surgery in Preventing Gynecologic Cancer - from Pathophysiology to Clinical Outcomes

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Obesity and cancer represent two pandemics of current civilization, the progression of which has followed parallel trajectories. To time, thirteen types of malignancies have been recognized as obesity-related cancers, including breast (in postmenopausal women), endometrial, and ovarian cancer. Pathophysiologic mechanisms that connect the two entities include insulin resistance, adipokine imbalance, increased peripheral aromatization and estrogen levels, tissue hypoxia, and disrupted immunity in the cellular milieu. Beyond the connection of obesity to carcinogenesis at a molecular and cellular level, clinicians should always be cognizant of the fact that obesity might have secondary impacts on the diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic cancer, including limited access to effective screening programs, resistance to chemotherapy and targeted therapies, persisting lymphedema, etc. Metabolic bariatric surgery represents an attractive intervention not only for decreasing the risk of carcinogenesis in high-risk women living with obesity but most importantly as a measure to improve disease-specific and overall survival in patients with diagnosed obesity-related gynecologic malignancies. The present narrative review summarizes current evidence on the underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms, the clinical data, and the potential applications of metabolic bariatric surgery in all types of gynecologic cancer, including breast, endometrial, ovarian, cervical, vulvar, and vaginal.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Journal of Cancer - 15(2024), 4 vom: 20., Seite 1077-1092

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Machairiotis, Nikolaos [VerfasserIn]
Pantelis, Athanasios G [VerfasserIn]
Potiris, Anastasios [VerfasserIn]
Karampitsakos, Theodoros [VerfasserIn]
Drakakis, Petros [VerfasserIn]
Drakaki, Eirini [VerfasserIn]
Oikonomou, Panagoula [VerfasserIn]
Nikolaou, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Matthaios, Dimitrios [VerfasserIn]
Charalampidis, Charalampos [VerfasserIn]
Ioannidis, Aris [VerfasserIn]
Zarogoulidis, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Sofoklis, Stavros [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Gynecologic cancer
Journal Article
Metabolic bariatric surgery
Metabolic rate
Review

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Date Revised 18.01.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.7150/jca.91471

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NLM367207788