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agonizing decision. battle her cancer with aggressive chemotherapy, but no assurances of prolonging her life. or undergo less intensive chemo. i could have gone on treatment that would have put me back on the couch, sick. not working, not able to be with the kids. and i said no. i d much prefer this less medically invasive way of operating. fair to say you re obviously more interested in the quality of your life than the quantity of your life? absolutely. and what i do is snapshots in my mind of meaningful moments. i don t have the camera in my hand but everything is important to me. i don t want to let any moment go unnoticed. reporter: dr. alexi wright is lois riley s oncologist at boston s dana farber cancer institute. she has studied the impact of end of life conversations on a patient s treatment. we found that patients who had these conversations had