ABSTRACT ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the relationship between spirituality and cancer under cancer patients' perspective. Method: qualitative study, with the participating of fourteen cancer patients under chemotherapy treatment and analyzed according to inductive thematic content analysis. Results: reports were organized into three categories: cancer diagnosis, faith for coping to the cancer, the search for cancer cure. It was understood that cancer patients search spirituality as a way to cope with the disease, aiming to minimize their suffering or obtaining a higher hope of cure with treatment. Final consideration: the central theme "cancer frightens and spirituality renews" shows the importance of recognizing spirituality as a coping strategy in planning care to cancer patients. K K K K Key wor ey wor ey wor ey wor ey words: ds: ds: ds: ds: Spirituality; Culture; Neoplasms; Nursing care. RESUMEN RESUMEN RESUMEN RESUMEN RESUMEN Objetivo: comprender la relación entre espiritualidad y cáncer en la perspectiva de pacientes oncológicos. Método: estudio cualitativo realizado con catorce pacientes con cáncer en quimioterapia y analizado según el análisis de contenido temático inductivo. Resultados: los relatos fueron organizados en tres categorías: el descubrimiento del cáncer, la fe como enfrentamiento del cáncer, la búsqueda por la cura del cáncer. Se comprendió que el paciente oncológico busca la espiritualidad como forma de enfrentar la enfermedad, para minimizar el sufrimiento u obtener mayor esperanza de cura con el tratamiento. Consideración final: el tema central "el cáncer amedrenta y la espiritualidad renueva" demuestra la importancia de reconocer la espiritualidad como estrategia de enfrentamiento en la planificación de la atención al paciente oncológico.

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Depression and fatigue symptoms increased during radiotherapy treatment, while QoL levels decreased. This demonstrates that these symptoms are strongly correlated and that their presence negatively influenced QoL. At the start of treatment, nurses need to advise patients and plan care, offering interventions to decrease these symptoms and improve QoL.