Objectives: A fear of recurrence is one of the problems experienced by many cancer survivors, including survivors of gynecological cancer. After cancer therapy, fear of cancer recurrence becomes a psychological problem that affects quality of life for survivors of gynecological cancer. This study aims at analysing relationship between anxiety of cancer recurrence and quality of life in survivors of gynecological cancer during treatment.

Methods: This study uses descriptive correlation analysis approach with cross-sectional design. The number of samples was 158 participants. Data was collected by using Penn State Worry Questionnaire and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire. This research was conducted at Central Army Hospital, Jakarta.

Results: The result shows that fear of cancer recurrence had a negative correlation with quality of life in survivors of gynecological cancer and there was a significant correlation between engagement of worry and absence of worry with domain of general health status, symptoms, role function, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, insomnia, and loss of appetite.

Conculsion: Fear of recurrence experienced by cancer survivors is closely related to their quality of life. The higher the fear of recurrence, the lower the quality of life for cancer survivors. Their main fear is fear of getting treatment again and knowing cancer progression. Nurses have an important role in reducing fear of recurrence for cancer survivors through adequate information and education to prevent their fear of cancer recurrence.