eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal 0974-6242 2015-12-28 8 2 1237 1242 10.13005/bpj/881 6210 article Hatam Boostani 1 Seyed Mohamad Hoseini 2 Negar Khodadadi 3 Najmeh Froozi 3 Psychiatry Group, Psychiatrist, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. Department of Radiation and oncology of Gholestan University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. Marital satisfaction is a multidimensional concept and depends on many factors. Breast cancer is the most common cancer specific to one part of the body in women and the leading cause of death due to malignancy in women of 40 to 44. Breasts are a symbol of femininity, when they are lost due to cancer treatment or there is transformation in them, in addition to physical pain, psychological burden on the patients will be significant. This study was performed on 50 patients with breast cancer referring to the radiotherapy clinic of Golestan Hospital in Ahvaz. Patients were divided into two groups (n=25) patients with mastectomy and breast conserved patients. Data were collected through interviews and 47-item Enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SPSS15. The statistical level of p <0.05 was considered as statistically significant level. A comparison of the relationship between marital satisfaction and the elapsed time between mastectomy and breast-conserved groups showed that with increase of time in the mastectomy group, the level of marital satisfaction reduced. https://biomedpharmajournal.org/vol8no2/marital-satisfaction-in-women-with-breast-cancer-a-comparison-between-mastectomy-and-breast-conserved-patients/ Mastectomy Marital satisfaction Breast conservation