This research investigates the dimensions of marital adjustment of married women with cancer with breast evacuation, breast conservation, and normal women. This practical research is post-event type in terms of the causal-comparative implementation method. The statistical population includes all married women living in Kermanshah city in 2017. The sample size was 225 people (three groups of 75) selected using the available sampling method. A Dyadic Adjustment Scale was used to collect data. One-factor variance analysis was performed to analyze the data from the inferential statistics index. The findings indicated a significant difference in the marital adjustment of married women with breast cancer with breast evacuation, breast conservation, and normal. Women with breast cancer with breast evacuation had the lowest level of marital adjustment. In the next stage, women with breast cancer with breast conservation were, and finally, normal women had the highest score in marital adjustment. Based on the findings, more psychological interventions and couple therapy should be done through intervention research to deal with breast cancer's effects on married life.
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