Angelina Jolie is paying tribute to her late mother, 15 years after her death from cancer, and encouraging other women to 'go for mammograms and blood tests or ultrasounds.'
, Jolie announced that she underwent surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes as a preventative measure to lower her risk of cancer. For women like Jolie, who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic variants, surgery is one method to prevent cancer, though it is not recommended for women with average risk.
Actress Angelina Jolie with her mother Marcheline Bertrand, left, at the premiere of her new film"Original Sin", in West Hollywood, Calif., July 31, 2001.According to the CDC, 55-72% of women with the BRCA1 variant, like Jolie, develop breast cancer by age 70-80, and 39-44% develop ovarian cancer by age 70-80.
"I lost my mother, grandmother and aunt to cancer," she said at the time. "I wanted other women at risk to know about the options.", a woman's lifetime risk of developing breast and/or ovarian cancer is markedly increased if she inherits a harmful variant in BRCA1 or BRCA2. The institute encourages those who are concerned about the possibility of having the harmful variant in either gene to discuss those concerns with their health care provider or a genetic counselor.
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