Objective To understand elderly cancer patients' disease knowledge, coping and medical seeking problems, and to provide references for elderly health mangement. Methods A total of 270 elderly cancer patients seeking medical help in a hospital of Chang- sha City, Hunan province, were surveyed using a self-designed questionnaire concerning participants' demographic data, disease knowledge,coping and medical seeking problems. Results Between 10.2% to 71.3 % of the elderly cancer patients agreed on varied aspects of cancer diseases; when the diag...