All posts tagged with Angelina Jolie
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-(Natural News) When actress Angelina Jolie found out that she inherited the BRCA1 gene that places women at a high risk of ovarian and breast cancer, she decided to undergo a double mastectomy. Her mother died of ovarian cancer at age 56 after a decade-long battle with the illness. Opinions on the wisdom of taking […]
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-(Natural News) Where breast or ovarian cancer seems to “run” in a family, both male and female family members are encouraged to undergo testing to see whether they may have mutations in their BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. These genes are responsible for suppressing tumor proteins, and when they have mutated (or altered), certain types of […]
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