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Abstract Cancer is now considered a world health problem< In 1980 more than six miUion cases of cancer had been recorded annually worldwide with four milHon deaths from the disease occurred annually worldwide< ln 1985 acrording to (WHO) those figures increased to 9 million cases and 5 million deaths and expected to be 15 million cases with 9 million deaths by the year 2015< (Bawar)r et at, 1998; KodlaJh &KodiDJh, 1995). Cancer is not only a disease but also a series of bad cxpc’Iicnces that profOtmdly affect the daily living ofboth the person wOO has the cancer and those who share i.he experience_ Cancer is a collective term for many dillCrent disease~ each carrying a different prognosis and with a variety of consequences for the individuals concerned (Walsh, 1002). |