Angelina Jolie (37) lacked the Oscars - now you know why. The actress has had to remove both breasts and was receiving medical care in the last months. The reason for the drastic measures: risk of cancer!
“My mother fought for nearly a decade against cancer and died at 57,” the mother of six wrote in the article titled “My medical choice”, ie “My medical decision” in the “New York Times”.
They talk to their children a lot about “Mama Mama,” and why it was not there. “I try to explain the disease, which she has taken from us. My children then ask in each case whether the same could also happen to me, “writes the Hollywood star. “Even though I can assure you that this is not so, is the truth. I am bearer of a defective gene, BRCA1, which increases my risk for breast and ovarian cancer dramatically»
87 percent risk of getting breast cancer and 50 percent risk of developing ovarian cancer, their attested their doctors. “Then I decided on a double mastectomy.” They’ve started with the breasts, because their risk of breast cancer higher and the operation is more complex.
“I am writing this because I hope that other women can benefit from my experience. There is now a blood test that can determine if you have an increased breast and ovarian cancer risk – then you can be active. “
Since 2 February has Angelina Jolie underwent several surgeries. In mid-February it was removed in the main operation, the breast tissue. “The operation can take eight hours. You wake up with drainage tubes and replacement tissue to spread the skin in the chest. It feels like a science fiction movie. Nine weeks after the last surgery is performed, in which the breast is reconstructed with implants. “
Jolie is in the article makes: “I can now tell my children that they must not be afraid of losing me by breast cancer,” says the Hollywood beauty with her partner Brad Pitt have three adopted and three biological children.
Angelina Jolie double breast amputation !
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