The event of cancer can be considered among the most feared ones due to its emotive impact and the nuances of meanings that the term carries with itself.This explains why its diagnosis has a strong influence and why the various approaches to the oncological disease–starting with the biopsychosocial model- unanimously agree on affirming that said impact happens not solely on the physical level,but also social and above all emotional ones.Cancer diagnosis affects the patient’s sensitivity and it is has been often the goal of several researches to determine the changes that it implies.One of the most recent methods proposed makes use of mediation techniques thanks to the application of a medium, such as photographs, images, or – the medium par excellence – cinema.In fact cinema represents an important form of entertainment and communication but it also could have a therapeutic and preventive function on mental health. This preliminary study took place at HSR Clinical and Health Psychology Service in Milan.It is projected to extend such research towards a wider multi-centric perspective.12 oncological patients (M = 33%;F=67%;mean-age=61.25±9.14)affected (n = 6;50%)or recovered (n = 6;50%)underwent a qualitative interview on their disease history, emotions and the use of cinema during illness. Different percentages with respect to the different tumor sites were observed, including:breast (33%), bowel (8%), ocular (8%), foot sarcoma (8%), biliary tract (8%), brain (17%)and lung(17%).Software Nvivo was used to analyse the frequency of the occurrence of various key words in patients’ speech during the interview, in order to describe their willingness to speak-also in quantitative terms-about the themes that are crucial of this research. Preliminary results show that people who recovered from the disease talk easily and more thoroughly about “suffering”(0.07% of total amount of words vs 0% one of people affected by cancer) and “disease”(1,13% vs 1,08%).On the contrary, people still affected by cancer talk more thoroughly about “change”(0.36% vs 0.16%),”film”(0.82% vs 0.53%),”violence”(0.56% vs 0.30%),”death”(0.04% vs 0.03%),”emotions”(0.39% vs 0.25%),”oncology”(0.52% vs 0.24%). On the basis of these results, it is therefore maintained that an inquiry, using cinema as medium, would provide multi-level information on the transformations that the cancer experience inevitably entails.It could be then possible to design several action researches which would involve both individuals and groups.