Risk factors for self-reported arm lymphedema among female breast cancer survivors: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lymphedema is a potentially debilitating condition that occurs among breast cancer survivors. This study examines the incidence of self-reported lymphedema, timing of lymphedema onset, and associations between sociodemographic, clinical and lifestyle factors and lymphedema risk across racial-ethnic groups using data from a multicenter, multiethnic prospective cohort study of breast cancer survivors, the Health, Eating, Activity and Lifestyle Study.

Methods

A total of 666 women diagnosed with breast cancer staged as in situ, localized or regional disease at ages 35 to 64 years were recruited through the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registries in New Mexico (non-Hispanic white and Hispanic white), Los Angeles County (black), and Western Washington (

SUBMITTER: Togawa K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4189147 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature