Cancer is a general term used to refer to a condition where the body’s cells begin to grow and reproduce in an uncontrollable way. These cells can then invade and destroy healthy tissue including organs. Cancer sometimes begins in one part of the body before spreading to other part. Cancer is a common condition and a serious health problem. More than one in three people will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime. Excluding non melanoma skin cancer there are around 7,000 new cases diagnosed each year in north Ireland. The most common cancer in Northern Ireland is breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer. Diagnosis of cancer has significant impact not only on patient, but also on their family caregiver. Therefore cancer has a substantial impact on both parent and families. The presence study was conducted to assess the quality of life among the family care givers of patient with cancer in selected hospital at Mangaluru. Objectives of the study were to assess the quality of life among the family caregivers of patient with cancer and to find the association between quality of life with selected demographic variables. Descriptive study was done among 100 family caregivers those who are providing care to the hospitalized patients with cancer. A non probability purposive sampling was used to select family caregivers. Data were collected by administering quality of life scale. Result shows that majority of the family caregivers had average quality of life.
