CASE STUDY ON QUALITY OF LIFE OF BREAST AND TONGUE CANCER PATIENTS

Breast and tongue cancer is been increasingly seen in the middle age people in current decade. The aim of this research study is to understand the difference between the quality of life of breast and tongue cancer patients.. The sample is been collected with from the different palliative care units in northern parts of Kerala. 5 breast cancer patients and 5 tongue cancer patients were studied in detail with their quality of life. The results from the whole sample showed that there are differences and similarities between the samples. The similarities in the cancer patients was both the breast and tongue cancer patients reported about their children settlement issues, fear of chances of relapse. The differences was seen in the breast and tongue cancer patients was, the tongue cancer patients was more worried about their body image issues than the breast cancer patients and tongue cancer patients who are of male gender reported that as they are the head of the household they are so much worried about the financial crisis that is been happening in their family.