Freelance Medical Writer and Journalist.
Br J Community Nurs. 2024 Oct 1;29(Sup10):S26-S28. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2024.0107.
Optimal management of breast cancer-related lymphoedema (BCRL), a common and debilitating complication of surgery and radiotherapy, depends on early detection, personalised risk assessment and proactive intervention. For instance, a recent review advises healthcare professionals to reframe the narrative about the daily-living skin trauma risks away from 'what to avoid' to 'what to do'. Another review recommends daily, or nearly daily, exercise at home to reduce lymphoedema severity. However, several questions await full answers. There is, for instance, no consensus regarding the most appropriate surgical technique for preventing BCRL. This feature summarises some recent papers updating healthcare professionals about BCRL.
乳腺癌相关淋巴水肿（BCRL）是手术和放疗的常见且使人虚弱的并发症，其最佳管理取决于早期发现、个性化风险评估和积极干预。例如，最近的一篇综述建议医疗保健专业人员重新构建有关日常生活中皮肤创伤风险的叙述，将其从“避免什么”转变为“做什么”。另一篇综述建议每天在家中进行运动，以减轻淋巴水肿的严重程度。然而，仍有几个问题需要明确答案。例如，在预防 BCRL 方面，哪种手术技术最合适，目前尚无共识。本专题总结了一些最近的论文，为医疗保健专业人员提供了有关 BCRL 的最新信息。
