Angela Jolie- My Medical Choice: BRCA beat Special Edition
The Basser Research Center for BRCA sends a Special Edition BRCAbeat e-news blast to recap coverage of Angelina Jolie’s recent op-ed piece:
Angelina Jolie announced yesterday in a New York Times op-ed piece that as a BRCA1 carrier, she had a double mastectomy to decrease her chances of developing breast cancer.
"We often speak of ‘Mommy’s mommy,' and I find myself trying to explain the illness that took her away from us. They have asked if the same could happen to me. I have always told them not to worry, but the truth is I carry a “faulty” gene, BRCA1, which sharply increases my risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Once I knew that this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could. I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy." - Angelina Jolie
"We often speak of ‘Mommy’s mommy,' and I find myself trying to explain the illness that took her away from us. They have asked if the same could happen to me. I have always told them not to worry, but the truth is I carry a “faulty” gene, BRCA1, which sharply increases my risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Once I knew that this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could. I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy." - Angelina Jolie
Read the whole Special Edition of the BRCAbeat here:
BRCA beat eNewsletter
BRCA beat eNewsletter
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