Angelina Jolie reveals she had double mastectomy to prevent cancer
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Mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely.
The actress made the decision to undergo the procedure in February after learning that she is a carrier of the BRCA1 cancer gene defect that increases risk of developing cancer that killed her mother.
The Salt star said she went through a series of medical procedures from February- April 2013 to have her breasts removed and then reconstructed.
In an editorial piece for the New York Times entitle ‘My Medical Choice’, Jolie said she decided to take the measure after learning she had a 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer.
Only a fraction of breast cancers result from an inherited gene mutation. Those with a defect in BRCA1 have a 65 percent risk of getting it, on average.
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