Objective: Cancer and the effects of treatment can cause various effects on daily life and affect the quality of life of patients. This study aims to identify the relationship between individual and disease characteristic factors to the quality of life of cancer patients. Method: The design of this study used a cross-sectional involving 110 cancer patients obtained through the technique of consecutive sampling and taken at Army Central Hospital Gatot Soebroto in Jakarta, Indonesia. The instrument used was Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G). Results: This study concluded the results that there was a significant relationship between age, education level, employment status, income status, cancer stage and pain with quality of life (p < α = 0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study indicate the importance of early detection of cancer in order to improve the quality of life in cancer patients.

Keywords: individual characteristics; characteristics of the disease; cancer patient; quality of life