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Abstract
Background: Lymphedema is one of the most problematic complications following breast cancer treatment, the risk factors for the breast cancer related Lymphedema are multifactorial and are not fully understood. Aim: To determine the risk factors associated with the presence and severity of breast cancer related upper arm Lymphedema. Results: Univariate analysis showed significant difference between the groups of patients with and those without Lymphedema regarding older age (0.014), BMI >30 (0.005),hard work(0.004), ipsilateral dominant arm (0.021), history of injury (0.001) and infection (0.001) to ipsilateral arm, positive lymphadenopathy (0.020), advanced stage of cancer (0.009), positive HER- 2 / neu receptor ( 0.001), level ו axillary dissection (0.001) and patients who did not receive information about BCRL and /or did not follow prophylactic advice (0.001). Meanwhile, multiple logistic regression analysis showed only age (0.003), history of injury (0.004), cellulitis (0.017), advanced cancer stage (0.033), positive HER- 2 / neu receptor (0.037), level ו axillary dissection (0.001) and patients who did not receive information about BCRL and /or did not follow prophylactic advice (0.016) had significant relation to lymphedema. Regarding the severity of lymphedema; history of injury(0.017), cellulites (0.044) and obesity (BMI {u2265}30) (0.018) had significant association with the degree of severity