AbstractObjectives: (1) To assess the quality of life (QOL) of patients who had been treated for gynaecological malignancies and who were attending a low risk follow‐up clinic. (2) To determine the accuracy of the clinic physicians' assessment of patients' QOL compared with the Functional Living Index—Cancer (FLI‐C) [Schipper et al., 1984. Measuring the quality of life of cancer patients: the Functional Living Index—Cancer: development and validation. J Clin Oncol 2(5): 472–483]. (3) To examine a single subjective question about change in QOL. (4) To assess patient fear of cancer recurrence.Design: Self‐administered patient questionnaire. The questionnaire contained the FLI‐C, with four additional questions.Setting: Low risk (good prognosis) follow‐up clinics in the Department of Gynaecological Oncology at King Edward Memorial Hospital (the tertiary centre for obstetrics and gynaecology for the state of Western Australia).Patients: 202 consecutive attendees of the clinic. Non‐English speaking patients attending without an interpreter were excluded.Results: Most patients reported a good QOL. The range of FLI‐C scores was 59–154 (possible range 22–154), with a median score of 140 and
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