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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Nicole Wootton-Cane

Weight-loss drugs linked to dramatically lower death rates in colon cancer patients

Weight-loss drugs have been found to dramatically slash death rates in colon cancer patients, according to new research.

Patients taking GLP-1 receptors - the class of drugs behind Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro - were less than half as likely to die within five years compared to those who weren’t on the drugs, scientists at the University of California San Diego said.

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