Editing Oliver Sacks (section)

===Illness===
Sacks underwent [[radiation therapy]] in 2006 for a [[uveal melanoma]] in his right eye. He discussed his [[stereoblindness|loss of stereoscopic vision]] caused by the treatment, which eventually resulted in right-eye blindness, in an article<ref>{{cite journal|last=Murphy |first=John|date=9 December 2010|title=Eye to Eye with Dr. Oliver Sacks|journal=Review of Optometry|url=http://www.revoptom.com/content/c/24666|access-date=28 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419060147/http://www.revoptom.com/content/c/24666|archive-date=19 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and later in his book ''[[The Mind's Eye (Sacks book)|The Mind's Eye]]''.<ref>Sacks, O. ''The Mind's Eye''. Knopf (2010). {{ISBN|0307272087}}.</ref>

In January 2015, [[metastasis|metastases]] from the ocular tumour were discovered in his liver.<ref name="Sacks">{{cite news|last=Sacks|first=Oliver|title=My Own Life: Oliver Sacks on Learning He Has Terminal Cancer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/opinion/oliver-sacks-on-learning-he-has-terminal-cancer.html|work=The New York Times|date=19 February 2015|access-date=19 February 2015|archive-date=19 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219200339/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/opinion/oliver-sacks-on-learning-he-has-terminal-cancer.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Sacks announced this development in a February 2015 ''New York Times'' op-ed piece and estimated his remaining time in "months". He expressed his intent to "live in the richest, deepest, most productive way I can". He added: "I want and hope in the time that remains to deepen my friendships, to say farewell to those I love, to write more, to travel if I have the strength, to achieve new levels of understanding and insight."<ref name="Sacks"/>