About the book: year / For twenty years of practice, a famous St. Petersburg oncologist and head of the oncology center of the Clinic of High Medical Technologies named after N . I. Pirogov Andrey Pavlenko performed more than two and a half thousand operations. In March 2018, Andrei learned that he had stage 3 stomach cancer. Together with the charity portal “Takie Dela,” he launched the “Human Life” project, where he publicly told the story of his illness for a year. In this story, the line between doctor and patient was blurred. In January 2020, Andrei passed away. Andrei waged his fight by educating, in detail and calmly telling the truth to those who are afraid of the disease, and to those who have already encountered it. Making it your goal to perhaps erase the fear of the unknown in front of a dangerous illness. This book is the story of almost two years of struggle with an insidious disease, supplemented by the memories of Andrei’s wife Anna, recommendations from doctors and psychologists. But the story is not over - Andrey continues the path of enlightenment through his diary in the project “Human Life” and in this book.