Unveiling of the world's first statue of a woman with incurable breast cancer in front of the Norwegian Parliament

The bronze statue of Cecilie (44), a mother of three living with incurable breast cancer, was created to raise awareness about a group of patients unfamiliar to many. "Breast cancer is the form of cancer with the best prognosis. Therefore, the focus is mostly on survival when we talk about the disease. With this statue, we hope to raise awareness about patients with incurable breast cancer," says Ellen Harris Utne, chair of the board of the Norwegian Breast Cancer Society. Every year, around 600 Norwegian women die of metastatic breast cancer. This form of cancer is incurable,