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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 16 Chinese and Western medicine evaluation of quality of life of the similarities and differences between malignant and Countermeasures Authors: Mu Xiaoyan, Zhao love light, Pei-Yong Zheng [Keywords:] quality of life; malignant tumor Quality of Life (Quality of life, QOL) in the domestic translation of many, including the quality of life, quality of life or the quality of life and so on, by its very nature is not much difference, it is referred to as QOL. QOL as yet no one can be widely accepted clear definition of the relatively unanimous view is: the quality of life for individuals or groups feel that physical, psychological and social well-adapted state of all aspects of a comprehensive measure, is a subjective, multi-dimensional , the dynamic concept, involving the patient’s physical, spiritual, psychological, social, and overall subjective feeling and many other content. One in cancer prevention and treatment studies, the quality of life of cancer patients at least reflect the function of life, economic, social, psychological and emotional aspects of disease or treatment-related symptom control and satisfaction. An understanding of QOL in the West In the West, the QOL of cancer patients can be traced back to the 20th century, 40 years, when the proposed Karnofsky performance status (performance ststus, PS), but it is not yet a true QOL evaluation, but merely on a preliminary assessment of physical condition. Modern QOL study began in 1976, 1983, the American Cancer Society (ACS) established a psycho-oncology (speciality of psycho-oncology), and in 1986 established the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS), from QOL research in oncology clinical application becoming increasingly active. In 1985, the U.S. Drug and Food Administration (FDA) provides drug evaluation must include QOL assessment, in 1989 as a tumor turn QOL measurement in clinical trials and chronic disease treatment methods of evaluation [1]. Chinese medici