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*Anya* · 05-14-2013, 11:58 AM

Op Ed piece in NYTimes today, May 14, 2013:

Angelina Jolie's doctors estimated that She had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman.

She recently underwent a double mastectomy to try to proactively beat the odds due to having an inherited gene mutation. Those with a defect in BRCA1 have a 65 percent risk of getting breast CA, on average. Her mom died of breast CA at age 56.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/op...ice.html?_r=3&

05-14-2013, 11:58 AM	#27
Anya Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Lesbian non-stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Committed to being good to myself Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Coast Posts: 8,258 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 39,306 Thanked 40,791 Times in 7,290 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy Op Ed piece in NYTimes today, May 14, 2013: Angelina Jolie's doctors estimated that She had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman. She recently underwent a double mastectomy to try to proactively beat the odds due to having an inherited gene mutation. Those with a defect in BRCA1 have a 65 percent risk of getting breast CA, on average. Her mom died of breast CA at age 56. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/op...ice.html?_r=3& __________________ ~Anya~ Democracy Dies in Darkness ~Washington Post "...I'm deeply concerned by recently adopted policies which punish children for their parents’ actions ... The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable." UN Human Rights commissioner