2006 Photo Contest, Contemporary Issues, 3rd prize
Photographer

Christopher Capozziello

Time

18 August, 2004

A priest holds Mary Ann Nilan's hand as she awaits the last of eight chemo treatments. Mary Ann was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 39. She asked a photographer to record the process of her chemotherapy, double mastectomy and reconstruction implant surgery. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and the second leading cause of cancer death in women. In 2005 over 41,000 died from the disease in the US alone, but earlier diagnosis and improved treatment would appear to be driving death rates down.

About the photographer

Christopher Capozziello

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