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Abstract
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and the second most common cancer world wide. The burden of breast cancer to governments, health care systems, families, and patients is increasing world wide. The treatment journey for breast cancer patients is often long and arduous and may involve many stages and different treatment spanning months or years.
Researchers suggested that breast cancer treatments can have long-term physical, psychological, sexual and cognitive effects that may influence quality of life. There are many reasons for measuring QOL as to justify or refuse the different forms of medical treatment, to identify the squeal of disease or treatment which may be resolved by other therapeutic interventions including nursing and to provide a basis for allocating resources to carry those treatments which are judged to be cost effecti Breast cancer patients’ quality of life can be recognized and derived from in-depth analysis of many aspects of quality of life including : Physical health, Psychological health, level of independence, social relationship, environment and spirituality. The present study aimed at determining quality of life of women diagnosed with breast cancer in Alexandria..The study was carried out in three settings: The Main University Hospital, Alexandria Medical Research Institute and Health Insurance Hospital outpatient clinics. The total sample size comprised 500 breast cancer patients who were diagnosed and receiving treatment from year 2008 until 2009. These included new and follow- up cases who were selected ranodmely using systemic random sample.