Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Angelina Jolie showed remove ovaries preventive – NU.nl

This writes the actress Tuesday in New York Times .

The operation Jolie itself can not have children anymore. “The doctors noticed some increased values ​​during an investigation,” wrote the actress. These values ​​could be a sign of ovarian cancer at an early stage

Video: Jolie leaves ovaries delete

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later investigation revealed that the actress did not have cancer, but the chances continued to keep the disease. Therefore Jolie again decided to remove her ovaries.

“It is not possible to eliminate all risks. I continue to work on ways to strengthen my immune system.” The actress adds that her children never now have to say that their mother is deceased to ovarian cancer.

In 2013, the actress underwent a double mastectomy, an operation in which she had to get her breast tissue. This in order to reduce the risk of breast cancer.

The actress is wearing a variation of the BRCA1 gene which makes them had a probability of 87 percent of breast cancer. Earlier, she lost her mother, grandmother and aunt all the disease

By:. NU.nl

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