title: Quality of life of Palestinian cancer patients.
abstract: Cancer is known to be one of the worst diseases on the planet; it highly affects Palestinians; it is the third leading cause of death in Palestine. The main purpose of the research is to highlight the concept of Quality of Life (QOL) for Palestinian cancer patients through providing an understanding about influences of cancer and chemotherapy on QOL of cancer patient. QOL was measured using European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer questionnaire EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3.0) which founded to be valid and reliable in diverse cultures, including, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Turkey, Japan, India, China, Korea, and Nigeria. Results about QOL were low in all aspects; most of them were less than the half of full function, and, more intense symptoms and negative effects were found to be in Palestinian cancer patients.
authors: Al-Sadeel Society for Palliative Care for Cancer Patients, Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestinian National Authority, Bethlehem. sadeelsoc@yahoo.com
authors: Nasser
authors: N
authors: Thweib
mesh_terms: D018912:Arabs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008877:Middle East / Q000453:epidemiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires