Actress Angelina Jolie has revealed that underwent a double mastectomy (removal of both breasts), to prevent the risk of developing cancer.
In an article entitled "My Choice Medical", which is published in the New York Times, American actress confesses that he is undergoing this procedure, because it found the risk of developing cancer, ovarian and breast.
Doctors estimated that it had 87% risk for breast cancer and almost 50% risk of ovarian cancer (ovarian), although the degree of risk is different in every woman. According to the doctors, after surgery the chances of developing cancer have fallen to 5%.
Jolie began therapy on 2 February and ended on April 27. She claims that during this period managed to keep the operation secret and continue to do its job.
The actress reveals that her mother died of cancer at the age of 56 years and found that self Jolie had "damaged" the BRCA1 gene, which increases the chances of developing the disease. "For every woman who reads this, I want to know that there are options. I want to encourage women to consider and seek advice, "she said.
In an article that gives details of the intervention actress, thanks her partner Brad Pitt for tenderness and reminds the world that 458 000 women die from breast cancer each year.
"I want to tell my children that do not have to fear that they will lose more due to breast cancer," she added
Actress Angelina Jolie has revealed that underwent a double mastectomy (removal of both breasts), to prevent the risk of developing cancer.
In an article entitled "My Choice Medical", which is published in the New York Times, American actress confesses that he is undergoing this procedure, because it found the risk of developing cancer, ovarian and breast.
Doctors estimated that it had 87% risk for breast cancer and almost 50% risk of ovarian cancer (ovarian), although the degree of risk is different in every woman. According to the doctors, after surgery the chances of developing cancer have fallen to 5%.
Jolie began therapy on 2 February and ended on April 27. She claims that during this period managed to keep the operation secret and continue to do its job.
The actress reveals that her mother died of cancer at the age of 56 years and found that self Jolie had "damaged" the BRCA1 gene, which increases the chances of developing the disease. "For every woman who reads this, I want to know that there are options. I want to encourage women to consider and seek advice, "she said.
In an article that gives details of the intervention actress, thanks her partner Brad Pitt for tenderness and reminds the world that 458 000 women die from breast cancer each year.
"I want to tell my children that do not have to fear that they will lose more due to breast cancer," she added