Research progress of characteristics of postoperative symptom clusters and non-pharmacological intervention in young female patients with lung cancer

The incidence and mortality of lung cancer are high among female worldwide, and ages of these patients show younger in trend. A symptom cluster is a cluster of three or more interrelated symptoms. Each symptom has different etiology and pathogenesis, and affects patients' functional status and quality of life in the form of "symptom cluster". This paper reviewed the evaluation tools of postoperative symptom groups in lung cancer patients, their occurrence characteristics and non-drug intervention of postoperative symptom groups in young women with lung cancer, in order to provide new ideas for the study of postoperative symptom groups and non-drug intervention in young female patients with lung cancer.