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Angelina Jolie mastectomy: Actress had procedure to reduce breast cancer risk
Tribune wire reportHollywood star Angelina Jolie has had a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer and says she hopes her story will inspire other women fighting the life-threatening disease. Jolie wrote in the New York Times on Tuesday the...Tags: The New York Times, Diseases and Illnesses, Celebrities, Angelina Jolie, Ovarian Cancer
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Angelina Jolie Double Mastectomy Disclosure Greeted With Flood of Support
ReutersMay 14 (TheWrap.com) - A wave of supportive reaction greeted the surprising confession by Angelina Jolie on Monday night that she had had a double mastectomy earlier this year to lower her chances of cancer. e New York Times, Jolie wrote: "My doctors...Tags: The New York Times, Kim Kardashian, Angelina Jolie, Ovarian Cancer, Breast 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: The New York Times, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Angelina Jolie
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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: The New York Times, Nina Dobrev, Celebrities, Ovarian Cancer, David Krumholtz
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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: The New York Times, U.S. Supreme Court, Angelina Jolie, Ovarian Cancer, Breast Reconstruction
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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: The New York Times, Celebrities, Angelina Jolie, Ovarian Cancer, Breast Cancer
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Former Ch. 5 anchor Zoraida Sambolin reveals breast cancer, surgery plans
Tribune staff reporterFormer WMAQ-Ch.5 news anchor Zoraida Sambolin, who left Chicago in 2011 to host CNN’s “Early Start,” told a national viewing audience Tuesday morning that she has breast cancer and will undergo a double mastectomy. An emotional...Tags: The New York Times, NBC (tv network), Telemundo (tv network), Angelina Jolie, Ovarian Cancer
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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: The New York Times, Angelina Jolie, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer
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WSBT reporter Denise Bohn shares story of battle with breast cancer
On Tuesday, Oscar-winning film star Angelina Jolie revealed she underwent a double mastectomy after learning she had a high risk of breast cancer. WSBT Reporter Denise Bohn knows all too well what Jolie has gone through. Bohn discovered she has the...
Tags: Chemotherapy, Genetic Condition, Angelina Jolie, Oncology, Breast Cancer
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Angelina Jolie, the Supreme Court and gene patents
It's hard to imagine Supreme Court justices paying much attention to the travails of Hollywood's rich and famous. Still, there's an interesting connection between Angelina Jolie's disclosure Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy and a case the...Tags: The New York Times, Research, Genetic Engineering, Angelina Jolie, Ovarian Cancer
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Jolie surgery sets good example by careful weighing of risks: doctors
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer may have stunned fans of the Oscar-winning actress, but doctors say her choice is shared by many other women with a high genetic risk for breast cancer....Tags: The New York Times, Genetics, Barack Obama, Oncology, Myriad Genetics Incorporated
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Angelina Jolie and the fate of breast cancer genes
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk of getting breast cancer struck a chord with fellow celebs as well as with Los Angeles Times staffers Anna Gorman and Paul Whitefield,...
Tags: The New York Times, Genetics, Biotechnology, Women's Health, Ovarian Cancer
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