The concept of ‘embodied’ risk has been used to understand the experience of being at risk of cancer, yet there has been less engagement of the concept in relation to those who have been diagnosed and treated for the disease. In this paper, I draw on young women’s accounts of living with breast cancer with the aim of developing analyses of embodied risk and expanding our understanding of the concept. Twenty women diagnosed with breast cancer while they were aged 18–44 took part in semi-structured interviews in the UK, and I analysed these interview data using social constructionist grounded theory. The findings illustrate how a sense of risk from within the body shaped the young women’s experiences and perceptions of their bodies, and how their body as risky was relational, becoming salient in interactions with others. I also explore new dimensions of embodied risk related to the age and social circumstances of the young women. Although the fear of cancer recurrence is well documented, this paper explores it as an embodied experience.

“明显的”风险的概念已被用来理解有患癌症风险的经验，但是与那些已被诊断和治疗该疾病的人相比，该概念的参与度较低。在本文中，我将利用年轻女性对乳腺癌的描述，以期对隐含风险进行分析并扩大我们对该概念的理解。二十名年龄在18-44岁之间被诊断出患有乳腺癌的女性在英国参加了半结构化访谈，我使用社会建构主义扎根理论分析了这些访谈数据。研究结果表明，身体内部的危险感如何影响年轻女性的身体经历和知觉，以及她们的身体处于危险状态是如何相互联系的，在与他人的互动中变得显着。我还探讨了与年轻女性的年龄和社会状况有关的隐含风险的新维度。尽管对癌症复发的恐惧已得到充分证明，但本文还是将其作为一种实践经验进行了探讨。