Rodriguez Guidonet, IreneRincón Fernández, María EstherAndrade Pino, PaulaMonfort Vinuesa, CarlosUniversidad San Pablo-CEU. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Psicología y Pedagogía2024-01-152024-01-152023-08-09Rodríguez-Guidonet, I.; Andrade-Pino, P.; Monfort-Vinuesa, C.; Rincon, E. Avatar-Based Strategies for Breast Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review. Cancers 2023, 15, 4031. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers151640312079-9292http://hdl.handle.net/10637/14876There is a lack of studies to determine if avatar-based protocols could be considered an efficient and accurate strategy to improve psychological well-being in oncology patients, even though it represents a growing field of research. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first systematic review addressing the effectiveness of avatar-based treatments to enhance quality of life (QoL) and psychological well-being in breast cancer patients. The purpose of this study was to review the scientific literature of those studies involving avatar-based technology and breast cancer patients in order to answer the following questions. (1) Are avatar-based strategies useful to im-prove QoL and psychological well-being (anxiety and depression symptoms) in breast cancer patients? (2) Which is the best way to develop avatar-based protocols for breast cancer patients? We conducted a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature from EBSCO, Ovid, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science (WOS), following the PRISMA statements and using “avatar + breast cancer” or “avatar + cancer” as keywords. Studies which were published in either English or Spanish and which addressed QoL and psychological well-being in breast cancer patients were reviewed. The results will contribute to developing innovative avatar-based strategies focused on breast cancer patients.application/pdfenopen accessBreast cancerQuality of lifeWell-beingAvatarArtículo10.3390/ cancers15164031https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es