Angelina Jolie Undergoes Double Mastectomy: TV actress Hina Khan is battling breast cancer these days. The actress revealed a few days ago that she is in the third stage of breast cancer. Now she is in the hospital and is undergoing treatment. Before Hina, many actresses have suffered the pain of breast cancer. But there is one actress who had her breast removed due to fear of cancer.
Yes, there has been an actress who did not have breast cancer, but there were chances of getting it. In such a situation, this actress did not want to take any risk and she got her breast removed from her body through surgery. This actress is none other than American model and film maker Angelina Jolie.
lost his mother due to cancer
Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy operation about 11 years ago. Actually, her mother had uterine cancer due to which she died in the year 2007. Doctors had told Angelina that due to genetic problems she could get breast cancer and uterine cancer. According to the doctors, Angelina had an 87 percent chance of getting breast cancer and up to 54 percent chance of getting uterine cancer.
Had an operation to cure cancer
Angelina Jolie had revealed all these things in an article in the New York Times. Angelina had written, ‘When I came to know about my truth, I became alert and tried to avoid the danger as much as possible. I decided to undergo surgery. I started with the breast because I was more at risk of breast cancer than uterine cancer.’
Removing the breast reduces the risk of cancer by 5%
In the report, Angelina told that by getting her breast removed, her risk of cancer was reduced to 5 percent. The actress, who lost her mother due to cancer, says, ‘Now I can tell my children that they will not have to fear losing their mother due to breast cancer. Now they will not be able to see anything that makes them feel uncomfortable. They can only see my small wounds and minor scars and nothing else.’
‘My femininity was not affected’
Angelina Jolie further wrote- I hope other women will benefit from my experience. The word cancer is still enough to spread panic among people. Angelina says about breast removal, I do not feel less than a woman. It did not affect my femininity in any way. Women who have undergone mastectomy can regain the lost beauty through surgery. But it is difficult for women who are not sick to take such a decision.
What is breast cancer?
Breast cancer starts in the breasts and occurs mostly in women. It can start in one or both breasts. Symptoms of breast cancer are lumps in the breast, lumps in the armpit, breast pain, bleeding from the nipple, changes in the shape or texture of the skin over the breast. Its treatment depends on the stage of cancer. It can be cured with combined multimodality chemotherapy, hormone therapy and surgery.
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