We are miracles of evolution but deeply flawed. In our makeup, we suffer from the human condition; in our flesh, diabetes, back ache and a million other diseases. It goes right down to the cellular level, the disparity between harmonious Darwinian mechanics and plain rotten luck. And sometimes those very cells, in an effort to re-grow and multiply to keep us healthy and fit, rebel, for reasons unknown, and start to tear us apart. But the ravages don't have to destroy us totally, body and soul. Emmelle is a young boy dealt the harshest of blows. Within the physical limits of his illness, he finds a strength of mind and purpose that no disease can ever conquer. Haunting, powerful and spiritually potent, Cancer - A State of Mind shows us the only path when our lives are changed forever.