PARIS, FRANCE – For World Cancer Day, Gustave Roussy, the number one in Europe and number four in the world in the fight against cancer, is speaking out through the film “Lucie.”
“Lucie” retraces the life of a young woman, from her birth, her joys, her encounters and her trials, in particular the illnesses she may have encountered during her life but which did not kill her thanks to advances in science and medicine, including the discovery of her rare cancer at the age of 36.
Conceived by Publicis Conseil, directed by Jaco Van Dormael, and produced by Hamlet, Lucie takes the gamble of using only scientific images to tell this story (scanners, MRIs, microscopes, 3D). It highlights the beauty of these images beyond their raw meaning, the poetry that can emerge from them to pay tribute to all the researchers, doctors, and specialists who over the centuries have transformed what were once serious illnesses into benign ones, saving many lives in the process.
Like most people, Lucie lives her life without even thinking about all the times when science and medicine have enabled her to go on living.
At the age of 36, Lucie developed a rare cancer with a poor prognosis. The sequencing of her tumor enables her to receive a personalized treatment that saves her life. This revolutionary method, democratized by Gustave Roussy, identifies mutations in cancer cells, enabling a precise diagnosis and more effective personalized treatment.
“In a world where cancer affects one person in two and more and more young adults, we want to show that the disease is a stage in life from which the majority of sufferers are now recovering, thanks to
scientific progress. Lucie’s story is the story of thousands of patients. This film makes Gustave Roussy, its doctors, researchers and professionals part of the history of major scientific advances,” Gustave Roussy CEO Fabrice Barlesi said.
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