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INTRODUCTION: The concept of sexual dysfunction is dysfunction in desire and emotional – socialthat it is Impact on the sexual response cycle and can cause stress and interpersonal difficulties.Quality of marital relationship is one of the important factors predicting sexual function disorders,which varies among different cancers. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationshipbetween sexual dysfunction and quality of marital relationship in genital and breast cancers in women.METHODS: This correlational study was conducted on 150 breast and genital cancers in womenreferred to Sayedoshohada and Milad hospitals in Isfahan city through a two‑stage samplingmethod. Participants completed questionnaires about demographic/disease and sexual functionquestionnaire (44 questions) and quality of marital relationship (11 questions). Collected data wereanalyzed using SPSS version 14 software, statistical test such as, Pearson correlation coefficienttests independent t‑ student, one way ANOVA.RESULTS: The results showed that 70.7% of women had breast cancer and 29.3% had gynaecologicalcancer. 60% of patient had good quality of marital relationship and 19.3% sexual dysfunction. Therewas a significant correlation between sexual function and quality of marital relationship (P = <0.001).CONCLUSION: There was a significant correlation between sexual function disorder and quality ofmarital relationship. The inclusion of patients educational programs and couple therapy in cancerdisease rehabilitation program is important in order to improve the quality of marital relationship andsubsequent sexual dysfunction in cancer patients.