“I never leave the house without a pair of heels, a bit of make-up and to put the record straight, in addition to breasts and a brain, I also have a tumor.” It looks like this Nicoletta Saracco, cancer patient of the IEO, the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, in the first video of the TTTT series (Tits. Heels. Tricks. Tumor), a project to inform about the disease and the best way to prevent prevention in a fresh and direct key. “The title, ironic, is used to play down and narrate a widespread disease seen with fear. It represents me and my way of tackling this path,” she says.
Nicoletta Saracco worked in fashion. Three years ago, when she was 29, she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. A diagnosis that changed her vision of her life, but did not take away the desire to live and smile. “Closed at home during the pandemic, squeezed between Covid and cancer, I dedicated myself to painting. I thought of selling my paintings to give funds to the Ieo. From there my Ni.Art.Gallery was born and the decision to make my illness story public. “
The videos of the TTTT series were born in this context, in which she talks with the doctors of the Ieo team who follow her on her oncological path. She asks questions and shares answers, to address the doubts and concerns of those who need to know to prevent or deal with the disease. Providing, from dialogue to dialogue, an anti-panic instruction manual.
In the first video, an interview with Valeria Dominelli, radiologist at the European Institute of Oncology, on cancer prevention and diagnosis, offering an overview of the techniques used in diagnostic and screening tests.
At the same time, Nicoletta started the IEO – Good Vibes on the Road project, to raise funds to give the possibility of free visits with the doctors of the Milan hospital to those who live far from Lombardy, starting from Marche, Puglia and Sicily.