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In this review, research articles, systematic reviews, and official treatment guidelines were retrieved from PubMed, Google Scholar, Elsevier, SciELO, and Redalyc databases, to examine studies about the application and effectiveness of physiotherapy techniques for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of postmastectomy lymphedema. Our findings indicate that complex decongestive therapy (CDT) is considered the first-line treatment for lymphedema. Among its components, compression therapy shows the strongest individual evidence base. Nevertheless, studies consistently demonstrate that the combined use of all four components of CDT (manual lymphatic drainage, compression, skin care, and exercise) results in superior patient outcomes. Despite this, CDT is not routinely implemented as a standard of care for patients following mastectomy and\/or lymphadenectomy in Mexico. 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