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The aim of this study was to measure OSA in women with breast (BC) or endometrial cancer (EC) and associations with clinico-pathological tumor variables.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n<jats:title>Methods and findings<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>In a cross sectional study, women with BC (12 months) or EC (3 months) post-diagnosis were recruited from cancer clinics. We collected demographic, anthropometric data, cancer stage, grade, histopathology and history of cancer treatment and all subjects had in-laboratory polysomnography. Sleepiness was assessed with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). We compared anthropometric and polysomnographic data between cancer groups (unpaired t-tests), and assessed relationships between cancer characteristics and OSA variables (Fishers exact test). There were no significant differences between average age (BC:59.6\u00b18.7 years(n = 50); EC:60.3\u00b17.7 years(n = 37)), or ESS score (BC:6.4\u00b14.4; EC 6.8\u00b14.7; mean\u00b1SD; all p&gt;0.2), however, BMI was higher in EC (BC: 29.7\u00b17.9kgm<jats:sup>-<\/jats:sup>2; EC: 34.2\u00b18.0 kgm<jats:sup>-<\/jats:sup>2; p&lt;0.05). BC had longer sleep latency (BC:31.8\u00b132minutes; EC:19.3\u00b117.9 minutes), less Stage 3 sleep (BC:20.0\u00b15.2%; EC:23.6\u00b18.2%) and more REM sleep (BC:21.1\u00b16.9%; EC: 16.6\u00b15.7%), all p&lt;0.05. EC had lower average awake and asleep oxygen saturation levels (BC: 95.6\u00b11.3%; EC: 94.6\u00b11.9% [awake]: BC: 94.8\u00b12.1%; EC: 93.3\u00b12.4% [asleep]; both p&lt;0.05). Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) (BC: 21.2(7.3\u201336.9) events\/hr; EC: 15.7 (10\u201333.5) events\/hour (median (interquartile range)) was not different p = 0.7), however, 58% and 57% of women with BC and EC respectively, had an AHI&gt;15 events\/hour. In this small sample size group, no significant associations (all p&gt;0.1) were detected between OSA metrics and clinico-pathological tumor variables.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>In postmenopausal women with breast or endometrial cancer there is high prevalence of OSA, with no association with specific tumor characteristics detected. 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