Angelina jolie genetic. Born angelina jolie voight in los angeles california she is the daughter of actors jon voight and marcheline bertrand. Testing all women for the angelina jolie gene even if not considered at risk would prevent cancers save lives and is cost effective say doctors. 15 2016 healthday news after actress angelina jolie had both breasts removed because she faced a heightened risk for breast cancer there was a spike in the.
Because it is copied into every tissue people carrying the mutation are prone to cancer in several tissues. Healthday reporter thursday dec. Her godparents are actors jacqueline bisset and maximilian schell.
Actress angelina jolie announced yesterday in the new york times that she underwent a preventative double mastectomy after learning she carried a genetic mutation that greatly increased her risk of. Swayed by the power of celebrity many women needlessly rushed to get genetic testing for the cancer causing brca mutations right after actress angelina jolie announced in may 2013 that. Jolie lost her mother to ovarian and breast cancer and grandmother and aunt to breast cancer.
Genetic testing is on the rise among women who believe they are at high risk for breast cancer a trend that has been dubbed the angelina jolie effect because it occurred after the actresss public disclosure of her brca status and her decision to remove her breasts which was followed two years later by the elective removal of her ovaries and fallopian tubes. I n 2013 actress angelina jolie announced that she had undergone a preventive double mastectomy because she was a brca1 gene mutation carrier which puts her at very high risk for breast and. In may 2013 jolie announced in a new york times op ed that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning that she carries a mutation of the brca1 gene which sharply increases her.