39 year old Angelina Jolie Pitt New York times publication explains the reason behind the removal of her ovaries and fallopian tube. She also wrote that"I wanted other women at risk to know about the options. I promised to follow up with any information that could be useful, including about my next preventive surgery, the removal of my ovaries and fallopian tubes"
Angelina a mother of 6 children explained that she was diagnosed of having a mutation in the BRCAI gene which made her 87% prone to breast cancer and 57% prone to Ovarian cancer.
Angelina also explained that her grand mum, mum and aunt died of cancer. Angelina (39 years) who is already closed to menopause, said her mum (Angelina died at 56) was diagnosed of cancer when she was 49 year old.
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