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Angelina Jolie will have ovaries removed next
After undergoing a cancer-preventive double mastectomy and breast reconstruction, Angelina Jolie will follow up with surgery to remove her ovaries, according to a report in People magazine. Jolie's mother, Marcheline Bertrand, died of ovarian cancer...
Tags: Social Media, Angelina Jolie, Diseases and Illnesses, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
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Angelina Jolie's surgery not for everyone, experts warn
In the wake of Angelina Jolie’s announcement that she had a double mastectomy because of a rare gene, the American Cancer Society is warning that the radical surgery should not be taken lightly. Experts said that while the surgery is totally...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Angelina Jolie, Pancreatic Cancer, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
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Angelina Jolie can afford to save her own life; many women can't
This post has been corrected, as noted below.I’d like to raise the teensiest red flag on Angelina Jolie’s laudable decision Tuesday to go public about her health struggles in order to help other women benefit from her experience. In an essay published Tuesday in the New York Times,...Tags: Oncology, Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
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Angelina Jolie's surgery bring words of caution from experts
Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a double mastectomy because of a rare gene has generated great interest. But experts are urging caution regarding testing and prophylactic surgery. "This does not mean every woman needs a blood test to determine...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Health Organizations
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Preventive mastectomy simply a matter of life and death
Fear of cancer is a horrible thing. It stays with you all day long, and it wakes you up at night. I didn't want to live with that, especially when I knew I could do something about it. Like Angelina Jolie, I have a genetic mutation that increased my...
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Pancreatic Cancer, Breast Cancer, Mother's Day, Ovarian Cancer
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Angelina Jolie and BRCA1: One woman's medical journey [Chat]
Angelina Jolie announced that she had a preventive double mastectomy because she had a gene that made likely she would get breast cancer. Writing in the New York Times, Jolie, 37, said: “My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at...
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Celebrities voice support for Angelina Jolie after mastectomy
Only moments after Angelina Jolie's revealing op-ed was published late Monday, the actress' name was trending on Twitter. From celebrities to cancer survivors, tens of thousands voiced their support for Jolie's decision to undergo a preventive double...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Kung Fu Panda (movie), Angelina Jolie, David Krumholtz, World War Z (movie)
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Angelina Jolie, the BRCA mutation and me
Late Monday night, friends and colleagues started sending me Angelina Jolie's op-ed about her decision to have a double mastectomy. Like Jolie, I have the mutation in my BRCA1 gene that pushed my lifetime risk of developing breast cancer to nearly 90%....
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, Mother's Day, Ovarian Cancer, U.S. Supreme Court
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Angelina Jolie describes dealing with the cancer time bomb
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.Angelina Jolie said the decision to undergo a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer "wasn't easy." In an op-ed in the New York Times under the headline “My Medical Choice,” the Oscar-winning actress said she...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Brad Pitt
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Angelina Jolie discloses preventive double mastectomy
Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an...
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Angelina Jolie and me -- a family history of cancer
I didn’t realize until now that Angelina Jolie and I have something in common: cancer. Or at least risk factors for it. Jolie, of course, has made worldwide headlines with her dramatic op-ed Tuesday in the New York Times describing her decision to...
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer
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Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy right for some women, doctors say
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy to reduce breast cancer risk was a natural move given that she carried a dangerously faulty gene, cancer surgeons said, but it’s a decision that really befits only a...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
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