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<dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:invenio="http://invenio-software.org/elements/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.3390/cancers18061019</dc:identifier><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:creator>Ruiz Peña, Ana Cristina</dc:creator><dc:creator>Baquedano Mainar, Laura</dc:creator><dc:creator>Coronado Martín, Pluvio J.</dc:creator><dc:title>Health-Related Quality of Life in Menopausal Women with Cancer: Results from the CALCAN Study</dc:title><dc:identifier>ART-2026-149049</dc:identifier><dc:description>Background: Menopausal symptoms can negatively affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL), especially in women with a history of cancer. This study compared menopause-specific HRQoL in peri- and postmenopausal women with and without cancer and explored differences by cancer type, menopause treatment use, and depression. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional multicenter study using self-reported data from 6833 women enrolled through the Mi Menopausia mobile app between 2021 and 2024. HRQoL was assessed with the Cervantes SF-16 scale. Results: The final sample consisted of 6833 women: no cancer (n = 6482) and cancer (n = 351), further classified as gynecologic (n = 210) and non-gynecologic (n = 141). Cancer history was associated with worse HRQoL in the Sexuality domain (51.2 ± 23.8 vs. 48.3 ± 24.6; p = 0.013), while global HRQoL did not differ significantly between women with and without cancer (30.6 ± 21.7 vs. 32.3 ± 20.7; p = 0.130). Among cancer women, Sexuality scores were worse in non-gynecologic versus gynecologic cancers (55.7 ± 22.9 vs. 48.2 ± 24.1; p = 0.005). Depression was consistently associated with worse HRQoL in all groups, while menopause treatment use was associated with poorer HRQoL only in women without cancer. Conclusions: Cancer history was mainly associated with poorer sexual menopause-related HRQoL rather than global HRQoL. Depression was a major factor linked to impaired HRQoL, highlighting the need for integrated sexual and mental health assessment in menopausal women, particularly cancer survivors.</dc:description><dc:date>2026</dc:date><dc:source>http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/171003</dc:source><dc:doi>10.3390/cancers18061019</dc:doi><dc:identifier>http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/171003</dc:identifier><dc:identifier>oai:zaguan.unizar.es:171003</dc:identifier><dc:identifier.citation>Cancers 18, 6 (2026), 1019</dc:identifier.citation><dc:rights>by</dc:rights><dc:rights>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es</dc:rights><dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights></dc:dc>

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