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Angelina Jolie Doesn't 'Regret' Having Double Mastectomy, Removing Ovaries

Angelina Jolie chose preventive surgeries after testing positive for the BRCA gene mutation, which gave her an 87% breast cancer risk, following family cancer losses.

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Angelina Jolie is looking back on her personal decision to undergo a double mastectomy and ovary removal. “I did choose to have that [surgery] because I lost my mother and my grandmother very young,” Jolie, 50, told Hello! in a Tuesday, October 7, profile, referring to her relatives’ respective cancer battles. “I have the BRCA gene, so I chose to have a double mastectomy a decade ago.” The BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes help produce proteins to help repa…

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Actress Angelina Jolie spoke openly about her decision to undergo a double mastectomy and remove her ovaries more than 10 years ago. The famous actress spoke on this issue in an interview with HOLA! and said she does not regret having made this decision. According to the National Cancer Institute, her mother and grandmother died young because of cancer. Upon learning that she had the BRCA gene, whose mutations are often associated with an increa…

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