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Women in B.C. considering the headline-making decision Angelina Jolie made to have her healthy breasts removed to reduce her risk of breast cancer won't get the same treatment, say Vancouver plastic surgeons.
On May 14 actor Angelina Jolie revealed in a New York Times op-ed that she had undergone a double mastectomy. She explained that because of her genetic makeup, her doctors had determined she had an 87 percent chance of developing breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of overarian cancer. With that in mind, Jolie elected to have a preventative surgery. She wrote, “My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need…
Last week, Angelina Jolie disclosed that she had a preventive double mastectomy after learning that she carries a gene that sharply increases her risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. I absolutely applaud her decision to share her experience,...
Disclosure of something as personal as having had both breasts removed is quite a daunting decision for many reasons, least of which is fear of being seen as "less of a woman," as even a world-class sex siren felt obligated to note.
AN ORPINGTON and Beckenham breast cancer expert has praised Angelina Jolie’s decision to speak publicly about her double mastectomy, and has some advice for the women of Bromley.
The curtain has been pulled back and the BRCA gene is out of the closet, as are quite a few women who are now revealing they've also had the same potentially life-saving double mastectomy as Angelina Jolie.
I now join the sisterhood she created with her bold editorial in the New York Times; I had my double mastectomy just four weeks ago.
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