What is the Angelina Jolie effect
after a year when she disclosed her plans of having a preventive mastectomy? The
Hollywood fame revealed that her life comes with challenges, which should not affect
how she should make a good decision and take on. For fans and followers, it was a blockbuster
hit that she decided to have her breasts remove to prevent cancer.
She said that it was her medical
choice to undergo such procedure being in a family with a history of ovarian
and breast cancer and that it was after the BRCA1 mutation in her genes, which
increased her risk of acquiring cancer. To
prevent the disease, she had to undergo double mastectomy. She also expressed intentions of having surgery of removing her ovaries
common for women who are suffering from a BRCA gene mutation.
Her doctors revealed her risk of
up to 87 percent to breast cancer and 50 percent to ovarian cancer. Once she learned of such risks, she decided to prevent acquiring any of such
diseases by doing preventive measures. Many experts praised Jolie for her courage
and determination, but others worried it might cause a panic among women who
want to be screened for such gene mutation, considering that such procedure
is very expensive.
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