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@ARTICLE{Kharazmi:179295,
author = {E. Kharazmi$^*$ and K. Sundquist and J. Sundquist and M.
Fallah$^*$ and J. L. Bermejo},
title = {{R}isk of {G}ynecological {C}ancers in {C}holecystectomized
{W}omen: {A} {L}arge {N}ationwide {C}ohort {S}tudy.},
journal = {Cancers},
volume = {14},
number = {6},
issn = {2072-6694},
address = {Basel},
publisher = {MDPI},
reportid = {DKFZ-2022-00577},
pages = {1484},
year = {2022},
note = {#EA:C120#LA:C120#},
abstract = {Background: Gallstones affect women more frequently than
men, and symptomatic gallstones are increasingly treated
with surgical removal of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy).
Breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer share several risk
factors with gallstones, including overweight, obesity, and
exposure to female sex hormones. We intended to assess the
association between cholecystectomy and female cancer risk,
which has not been comprehensively investigated. Methods: We
investigated the risk of female cancers after
cholecystectomy leveraging the Swedish Cancer, Population,
Patient, and Death registries. Standardized incidence ratios
(SIRs) adjusted for age, calendar period, socioeconomic
status, and residential area were used to compare cancer
risk in cholecystectomized and non-cholecystectomized women.
Results: During a median follow-up of 11 years, 325,106
cholecystectomized women developed 10,431 primary breast,
2888 endometrial, 1577 ovarian, and 705 cervical cancers.
The risk of ovarian cancer was increased by $35\%$ $(95\%$
confidence interval (CI) $2\%$ to $77\%)$ in the first 6
months after cholecystectomy. The exclusion of cancers
diagnosed in the first 6 months still resulted in an
increased risk of endometrial $(19\%,$ $95\%CI$ $14\%$ to
$23\%)$ and breast $(5\%,$ $95\%CI$ $3\%$ to $7\%)$ cancer,
especially in women cholecystectomized after age 50 years.
By contrast, cholecystectomized women showed decreased risks
of cervical $(-13\%,$ $95\%CI$ $-20\%$ to $-7\%)$ and
ovarian $(-6\%,$ $95\%CI$ $-10\%$ to $-1\%)$ cancer.
Conclusions: The risk of ovarian cancer increased by $35\%$
in a just short period of time (6 months) following the
surgery. Therefore, it is worth ruling out ovarian cancer
before cholecystectomy. Women undergoing cholecystectomy
showed an increased risk of breast and endometrial cancer up
to 30 years after surgery. Further evaluation of the
association between gallstones or gallbladder removal on
female cancer risk would allow for the assessment of the
need to intensify cancer screening in cholecystectomized
women.},
keywords = {breast cancer (Other) / cervical cancer (Other) /
cholecystectomy (Other) / endometrial cancer (Other) /
gallbladder surgery (Other) / large nationwide cohort
(Other) / ovarian cancer (Other)},
cin = {C120},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)C120-20160331},
pnm = {313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-313},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:35326635},
pmc = {pmc:PMC8946708},
doi = {10.3390/cancers14061484},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/179295},
}