PA BREAST CANCER COALITION APPLAUDS BRAVE ANNOUNCEMENT BY ANGELINA JOLIE FOLLOWING DOUBLE MASTECTOMY
Oscar-winning actress discloses preventative surgery decision after discovering BRCA1 genetic testing resultsActress Angelina Jolie has announced in a New York Times editorial printed today that she recently underwent a preventative double mastectomy. According to her account, Jolie chose to have the surgery after learning she inherited the BRCA1 gene which increases her risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. Jolie’s mother passed away from ovarian cancer at the age of 56. “My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian