TORONTO—Visceral abdominal fat may contribute to the development of adenocarcinoma in patients with long-segment Barrett’s esophagus, according to a study by researchers from Japan.
“This is an interesting study suggesting that visceral fat may be associated with the development of esophageal cancer,” Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH, the Bozymski-Heizer Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, in Chapel Hill, told