Movement a life came into existence its heading towards death but being busy with daily routines of life human mind tend to forget this ultimate reality of life. Still certain nuances act as sudden encounter with this forgotten truth and one of such kind is getting diagnosed with a deadly disease like cancer. The present study “A exploratory study to assess the relationship between cancer awareness and patient’s response to the cancer diagnosis among patients in selected hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab.” With given objectives:-1.To assess level of awareness among cancer patients. 2.To assess the effect of cancer awareness on patient’s response to the cancer diagnosis , which includes patient’s level of anxiety at the time of diagnosis disclosure & acceptance of the diagnosis is an effort to analyze effect of knowledge on response. The results revealed that 505 of the subject had average level of knowledge and those having average knowledge experience high level of anxiety as compare to others.

Keywords: Cancer Awareness; Patient’s Response; Anxiety.