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TOPSHOTS-IRAN-HEALTH-BREAST-CANCER
TOPSHOTSIranian breast cancer patient Farvah sheds a tear as she poses for a portrait in a studio in Tehran on October 12, 2013, two days before her mastectomy to remove a breast which was turned to a lumpectomy during the operation as the pathology results were good meaning she could keep her breast. According to Iranian cancer research, breast cancer is the most common form of the illness suffered by Iranian women with roughly more than 7000 new cases per year with widespread pollution in big cities being blamed for the soaring cancer statistics, while import of medicine is still difficult as Iran is affected by Western economic sanctions due to the country's controversial nuclear program. Farvah, a 30-years-old copywriter and editor from Tehran fought her breast cancer since she acknowledged the disease in July 2013 and went through cancer treatments of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and a lumpectomy operation to overcome the cancer in December. Farvah wrote on her Facebook wall in October 2013: "It has been chaotic ever since the removal of my breast has been discussed. On one hand, the woman inside me was wary of the cliché that its womanhood and beauty is defined by a single organ. She wanted to be free of despair for not having a breast -- even for a limited time. On the other hand, beauty and womanhood was influenced by a thousand things that depended on me having two breasts. And sometimes I was thinking about a piece of my body, what was of me and my existence. It was not decided that I should be void of it. I wasn’t sure if everyone was sensitive about this or I was going out of my way about it." AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI == IRAN OUT == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE ==
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Tehran, IRAN |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Behrouz MEHRI |
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10 Ianuarie 2014 |
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