Angelina Jolie has ovaries, fallopian tubes removed to cut cancer risk

CNN ^ | 3/24 | Laura SMith Spark

[TangledUpInBlue]

Two years after she underwent a double mastectomy to cut her cancer risk, actress and U.N. envoy Angelina Jolie has had surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes for the same reason, she wrote in The New York Times on Tuesday.

Jolie, 39, carries a mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which sharply increases her risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Her mother was diagnosed with the latter at age 49 and died seven years later.

In her New York Times op-ed Tuesday, Jolie said she had been planning the latest preventive surgery for some time.

[MayflowerMadam]

“My understanding is the BRAC1 gene is specific as an indicator of high risk for breast cancer, not other types of cancer.”

I believe that is true; that gene is breast specific. I was diagnosed a year ago and did tons of research on the subject prior to the mastectomy.

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and that’s why he found out about her wedding last summer from the press!

I think it sounds like a very distant relationship, far more open on his side then hers

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Whatever! A couple of reporters had to call Jon to tell him his daughter got married last summer. Pitts parents were there, voight wasn’t even informed but wished them a happy life