Fotógrafo captó los últimos meses de su hermana en su lucha contra el cáncer
El iraní Behrouz Mehri retrato la rutina diaria de su hermana en su casa y en el hospital mientras padecía de cáncer de mama.
THIS PICTURE IS PART OF A PACKAGE OF 21 BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES BY AFP IRANIAN PHOTOGRAPHER BEHROUZ MEHRI DOCUMENTING THE FINAL MONTHS OF HIS SISTER'S BREAST CANCER BATTLE.
Breast cancer patient Iranian Soheila Mehri, waits for her husband to take her home after she was examined by a traditional herbal doctor at a clinic in Tehran on February 21, 2013, after the cancer spread to her brain. Soheila, a retired primary school teacher, who fought her cancer for several months, passed away at the age of 54 on April 13, 2013. According to Iranian cancer research, breast cancer is the most common form of the illness suffered by Iranian women which is affecting them at least one decade younger than their counterparts in developed countries. The annual number of new breast cancer cases is estimated to double from 2008 to 2030 due to the demographic transition alone, while import of medicine is becoming increasingly difficult as patients in Iran are affected by Western economic sanctions due to the country's controversial nuclear program. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI == IRAN OUT == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE == (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP)
