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carries the same gene as Angelina Jolie; she’s had a double mastectomy, and had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed three years ago.

As the new Director of Education at FORCE, I am thrilled to have the opportunity to combine my personal experience as a BRCA1 mutation carrier and my professional experience in biomedical research and science education to work for the benefit of the hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) community. I am passionate about helping our community navigate through the amazing array of FORCE educational materials, developing new resources to meet the growing needs of families facing hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, and translating the latest research into information that people can use to make medical decisions and improve their health.

FROM Lisa Rezende

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Angelina Jolie and Women’s Cancer Decisions It was quite a shock two years ago when actress Angelina Jolie announced she’d undergone a double mastectomy. Jolie revealed she was a carrier of a gene, BRCA1, which she said gave her an 87 percent chance of getting breast cancer. Today, in an op-ed in the New York Times, Jolie announced her ovaries and fallopian tubes were recently removed, too, partly because her mother died of ovarian cancer at age 56. We hear about the ramifications of such surgery from a woman who went through the same thing, and from a medical professional about the risks and benefits. Photo: Gage Skidmore

11 MIN, 50 SEC Mar 24, 2015

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