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"Explores the life of Pedro Archanjo, a mulatto man who spent his life fighting prejudice"

"Aim: to assess the quality of life (QOL) of lung cancer patients.Subject and methods: Twenty-four subjects were interviewed, and questionnaires were filled to evaluate the subjective quality of life of the patients. Objective evaluation was conducted using the Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS). Subjective evaluation included physical, social, and spiritual dimensions. Evaluation was conducted at the time of diagnosis (initial phase, 24 subjects), and reevaluation was conducted during the adaptive phase (21 subjects).Time and place: the Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Indonesia, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National Central General Hospital and Dharmais Cancer Hospital, Jakarta, from January 2001 to January 2002.Results: At the time of diagnosis 1 subject had poor QOL, 18 (75%) had moderate QOL, and 5 had high QOL. At the reevaluation, 8 had mild QOL and 13 had high QOL.Conclusions: There was a significant increment of quality of life from the time of diagnosis to the second evaluation.Abbreviations: (QOL) quality oflife,(KPS)Karnofsky Perfomance Status"

"As a concept, quality of life is quite well known particularly in relation to patient with chronic disease. The number of study focuses on this concept has been increasing since the 90"s. Furthermore, quality of life measurement is considered to be an important factor, which should not be skipped, in order to treat chronic disease patients including breast cancer patient. Having such a good quality of life is sometimes considered to be one of significant predictors of survival life for patients. Unfortunately, theoretical concept of quality of life is still of clarity up to now. Hence, the aim of this article is to describe some basic concepts and theory of quality of life in general situation and also in breast cancer."