Episode 123: Manage Treatment-Related Lymphedema With ONS Guidelines™

ONS member Marcia Beck, ACNS-BC, CLT-LANA, clinical nurse coordinator of lymphedema at the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City and member of the ONS Greater Kansas City Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss the ONS Guideline™ for the Management of Cancer Treatment-Related Lymphedema. Marcia  was a member of the panel that developed the guidelines, which published in September 2020. 

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod 

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Episode Notes 

Check out these resources from today’s episode: 

• The NCPD activity for this episode has expired, but you can still earn NCPD through many other Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes. Find a full list of opportunities. 

• ONS Guideline™ for the Management of Cancer Treatment-Related Lymphedema 

• Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Lymphedema: Improving Screening and Treatment Among At-Risk Breast Cancer Survivors 

• Oncology Nursing Forum article: Conservative Intervention Strategies for Adult Cancer-Related Lymphedema: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis 

• Oncology Nursing Forum article: Prospective Surveillance and Risk Reduction of Cancer Treatment–Related Lymphedema: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

• American Cancer Society resources on lymphedema 

• International Lymphoedema Framework 

• Lymphatic Education and Research Network (LEARN) 

• Lymphedema Treatment Act 

• Lymphology Association of North America 

• Susan G. Komen Foundation information on lymphedema