5. QOL and origin of malignancy
The QOL score was compared for six of the most common malignancies as shown in Table VI. For
all groups,there was a treatment-related improvement of global health status to some extent,although it
was statistically significant only for patients with breast cancer. It is of interest to note that in patients
with breast cancer, the QOL was improved in as many as 12 of the 15 domains or items, although that
improvement was statistically significant only for global health and role functioning. Similarly, lung
cancer patients also demonstrated an improvement of their QOL under most of the criteria,however,these
improvements did not reach statistically significant levels. The most disappointing results were for
patients with pancreas and colon cancer who displayed impaired QOL scores for most of the criteria.
Here, the extent of fatigue was significantly worse when compared to the other groups