Education of cancer patients--a psychosocial support in the holistic anticancer treatment.

To assess the readiness for education and the learning needs of cancer patients, and to assess the correlation between the information and different aspects of quality of life (QoL).70 cancer patients were enrolled. All of them answered a questionnaire specifically designed to assess the readiness and needs for education, and the level of the information among them. The Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL) was used for QoL estimation.28 (40%) out...