# OnCo record lymphoedema-decongestive-therapy (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/technologies/lymphoedema-decongestive-therapy/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "lymphoedema-decongestive-therapy" ;
  schema:name "Compression, decongestive therapy and exercise for lymphoedema"@en ;
  schema:description "Arm or leg swelling after lymph node surgery or radiotherapy is managed with compression garments, specialised massage, skin care and exercise. Weight lifting, once forbidden, was shown in a randomised trial to reduce flare-ups rather than cause them."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/lymphoedema-decongestive-therapy/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-10"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymphedema> ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0810118>, <https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/side-effects/lymphedema/lymphedema-hp-pdq>, <https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng101/chapter/Recommendations>, <https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/impacts-of-cancer/lymphoedema>, <https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/breast-cancer/living-with/lymphoedema-after-treatment>, <https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lymphoedema/>, <https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lymphoedema/treatment/>, <https://breastcancernow.org/about-breast-cancer/treatment/lymphoedema> ;
  onco:status "standard-of-care" ;
  onco:tag "complementary", "supportive-care", "evidence:strong" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/technologies/reflexology-cancer/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/breast-cancer-related-lymphoedema/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-hr-positive/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/tnbc/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/melanoma/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/vulvar/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/rejuvenation/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/sentinel-node/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/exercise-oncology/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/survivorship-care-plan/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/lymphoedema-surgery-and-early-detection/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/late-effects/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-survivorship/> ;
  onco:keyPapers <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-schmitz-n-engl-j-med/> .