Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with obesity as an independent predictor for incident gastric and colorectal cancer: a population-based longitudinal study

Background Colorectal cancer is known to be an extrahepatic complication of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, the interaction of NAFLD with obesity for incident colorectal cancer has not been clarified yet. Moreover, the effect of NAFLD and obesity for incident gastric cancer has n...

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Main Authors: Michiaki Fukui, Masahide Hamaguchi, Yoshitaka Hashimoto, Akihiro Obora, Takao Kojima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-09-01
Series:BMJ Open Gastroenterology
Online Access:https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000295.full