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Risk factors for breast edema
| Related to radiotherapy | Increase in irradiated breast volume |
| Increase in boost volume | |
| Photon boost | |
| Increasing breast separation | |
| External beam radiation (vs. intra-operative radiotherapy) | |
| Conventional radiotherapy (vs. intensity-modulated radiotherapy) | |
| Related to surgery | Postoperative infection |
| Related to tumor characteristics | Larger tumor |
| Related to personal factors | Larger breast volume |
| Increasing breast density | |
| Diabetes mellitus |
