Angelina Jolie put a spotlight on the issue when she underwent an elective mastectomy in 2013 after discovering that she had the BRCA1 gene mutation, and shared her story as an op-ed in the New ...
She told People she was confident that it would have been too late had she not underwent the elective breast surgery. Olivia ...
She underwent an elective double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in 2012 before having a complete hysterectomy and oophorectomy to reduce her risk of developing ovarian cancer in 2015.
ACS's goal is to survey 100,000 Black women between ages 25 and 55 who have not had a cancer diagnosis across the U.S. to increase understanding of Black women's health amid sharp racial health ...
In about 35% of cases, a mastectomy is part of a woman's treatment ... A woman can select one, both or neither of these ...