http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/14/showbi...html?hpt=hp_t2
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Actress Angelina Jolie announced in a New York Times op-ed article on Tuesday that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carries the BRCA1 gene, which sharply increases her risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
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Here is a link to her self-wrote article on it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/op...ice.html?_r=1&
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My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman.
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But I am writing about it now because I hope that other women can benefit from my experience. Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people’s hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness.
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She goes into a lot of detail. Wow...just wow. Good on her bringing this forward to raise awareness.