Angelina Jolie has revealed she has decided to remove her ovaries in addition to having a preventative double mastectomy.
In a moving and powerful op-ed in The New York Times this week, the actress said she had the mastectomy in February after finding out she carried a gene that gave her an 87 per cent of getting breast cancer.
That gene, BRCA1, also means she has a high risk of developing ovarian cancer – about 50 per cent.
According to People magazine, Jolie plans to have ovary removal surgery as a cautionary measure.
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The procedure is recommended for high-risk women before the age of 40. Jolie’s mother died of cancer at the age of 56.
According to People: “Some doctors recommend patients undergo the surgery by age 40 or when a woman is done having children, though it may trigger early menopause.”
Jolie, who is 37, will no longer be able to have children after the surgery, although she will still be able to adopt.
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