Abstract: This article is a review of cancer symptom clusters, including the relevant concepts, theoretical basis, identification methods, as well as the deficiencies and prospects of the methods, proposing that nursing managers and researchers in China are supposed to explore and discover cancer symptom clusters with clinical census through mature theory as the basis and using scientific identification methods and to promote management of cancer symptoms in future clinical practice so as to truly relieve the symptom burden of cancer patients.

Key words: cancer; symptom cluster; symptom management; research methods