Race or Resource? BMI, Race, and Other Social Factors as Risk Factors for Interlimb Differences among Overweight Breast Cancer Survivors with Lymphedema

Race or Resource? BMI, Race, and Other Social Factors as Risk Factors for Interlimb Differences among Overweight Breast Cancer Survivors with Lymphedema

Introduction. High BMI is a risk factor for upper body breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) onset. Black cancer survivors are more likely to have high BMI than White cancer survivors. While observational analyses suggest up to 2.2 times increased risk of BCRL onset for Black breast cancer survivo...

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Main Authors: Lorraine T. Dean, Anagha Kumar, Taehoon Kim, Matthew Herling, Justin C. Brown, Zi Zhang, Margaret Evangelisti, Renata Hackley, Jiyoung Kim, Andrea Cheville, Andrea B. Troxel, J. Sanford Schwartz, Kathryn H. Schmitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8241710
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