Angelina Jolie has spoken out about her undergoing a recent double mastectomy.
The actress made the brave decision to have the procedure after discovering she is a carrier of the BRCA1 gene, meaning she had a 87% chance of developing breast cancer.
However, after choosing to go ahead with the surgery, those odds have now dropped to little over 5%.
News of Tomb Raiders decision broke yesterday with Angelina deciding to tell her tale in a NY paper in which she praised her supportive husband Brad Pitt.
She has said that the whole procedure has taken over 3 months to completion, including reconstructive surgery but that she feels empowered as woman because of the choice. During the process the star has been working alongside William Hague, attending a G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in London earlier this year and also visiting refugee camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mr Hague has praised the stars decision saying that she is a 'brave lady' and her decision will carry as 'inspiration to many.'
Jolie sadly lost her mother to ovarian cancer at the age of 56 and is now apparently considering having her ovaries removed as a protective measure as she is more than 50% likely to develop ovarian cancer.
We think any woman who decides to have such procedures done or even the testing done are very brave and that Angelina is very courageous for coming out and publicising her ordeal in order to raise awareness.
We hope that soon the day will come where we can beat cancer!
ME x
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