OncoLink - Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

My mother struggled with cancer for 15 years, most of my adult life. I was at home with her through the final stages of the disease. I was with her as she took her last breath.

This image of cancer as a catabolic force invading her body was very powerful. I imagined the surgeries and treatments transgressing the body from which I was born. A battle in internal regions fought with bombardments of radiation and chemical (chemo) warfare trying to defeat a shape-shifting foe.