Angelina jolie cancer. Two years later in march 2015 after annual test results indicated possible signs of early ovarian cancer she underwent a preventive oophorectomy. Jolie pitt carries a mutation in the brca1 gene that gives her an 87 chance of developing breast cancer and a 50 chance of developing ovarian cancer. Angelina jolies surgery to reduce her risk of ovarian cancer.
The actress also revealed that she was told she has approximately a 50 percent risk the actual number varies based on the individual of developing ovarian cancer of which her mother marcheline. Her maternal family history warranted genetic testing for brca mutations. On february 16 2013 at age 37 jolie underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning she had an 87 risk of developing breast cancer due to a defective brca1 gene.
Angelina jolie pitt announced that she had surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes to reduce her risk for cancer. The reason jolie was at increased risk was because she had whats called a brca1 gene mutation. Doctors estimated she had an 87 percent chance of developing the disease.
For women at average risk have a clinical breast exam at least every 3 years starting at age 20 and have. For the very small proportion of women less than 1 of the population who carry a high risk gene fault brca1 or brca2 the lifetime risk for ovarian cancer is up to 60 and for breast cancer the lifetime risk is up to 80. While most breast and ovarian cancers are not associated with a genetic cause around 5 of breast cancers and 15 of ovarian cancers are due to an inherited gene fault.
Talk to your family to learn about your family health history and talk to your health care provider. She lost her mother grandmother and aunt to. Her mother actress marcheline bertrand had breast cancer and died from ovarian cancer while her grandmother died from ovarian cancer.