Correlation between bariatric surgery and breast cancer risk in women: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Figure 1  Literature screening and inclusion PRISMA flowchart.

Figure 2 Overall effect of bariatric surgery on breast cancer incidence risk: Random-effects meta-analysis and forest plot (including postmenopausal subgroup analysis). CI: Confidence interval.

Figure 3 Effect of bariatric surgery on breast cancer incidence risk by stage: Random-effects meta-analysis and forest plot for patients with stages I-IV. CI: Confidence interval.

Figure 4 Effect of bariatric surgery on hormone receptor status: Random-effects meta-analysis and forest plot for breast cancer incidence risk in estrogen receptor-positive, progesterone receptor-positive, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive cases. CI: Confidence interval; HER2+: Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive; PR+: Progesterone receptor-positive; ER+: Estrogen receptor-positive.

Figure 5 Bias risk assessment and evidence quality evaluation diagram. A: Results of the risk of bias assessment for included studies; B: Risk of bias assessment diagram.

Figure 6 Publication bias analysis funnel plot. RR: Relative risk.