[Risk of cancer following cholecystectomy, hysterectomy or appendectomy]

Patients with previous cholecystectomy, hysterectomy or appendectomy have an increased risk of developing cancer of other organs such as the bowel, breast kidney or ovary, particularly if they have undergone more than one operation. Previous nephrectomy, strumectomy, prostatectomy or gastric resection for gastroduodenal ulcer do not increase the risk of bowel cancer.