[The concept of quality of life in women suffering from cancer].

Objective: Analyzing a group of females suffering from cancers concept of the quality of life and evaluating how they perceived such concept, depending on patients age-group.

Methods: The following open-ended question was put to a sample of 114 women suffering from breast cancer, "In your opinion, what is quality of life?" Their replies were analyzed using factorial methods for categorical variables.

Results: The most used graphical forms and repeated segments were associated with notions linked to well-being and health; analyzing characteristic forms supported these concepts importance.