The 37 year old actress and mother of six wrote an article in the
New York Times
today May 14th revealing she underwent a double mastectomy earlier this
year after a blood test showed she was genetically susceptible to
cancer.
Doctors told her she had an 87% risk of getting breast cancer. Her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, died at the age of 56 after battling with cancer for almost a decade.
Mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely.
Angelina Jolie said she went through a series of medical procedures from
February till April 2013 to have her
breasts removed and then reconstructed. And she says Brad Pitt stood by
her side every step of the way. Read Angelina's article NY Times article
after the cut...
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