According to her, all medical procedures began in February and finished by end of April. During the 9-week treatment was first performed bilateral mastectomy, and after that breast reconstruction with implants.
In an article titled ‘My Medicinal Choice’ she explains how her mother has been fighting against breast cancer, but she didn’t win the fight against the illness. She was 56 years old when she died. This is caused by a defect of the gene BRCA1, related with increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. This surgery reduced Jolie’s risk of breast cancer from 87% to less than 5%.
The actress claims that this surgery didn’t affect her femininity. She encourages every woman, especially those who have close relatives with breast and ovarian cancer to ask for more information from the medicinal experts, which will help them to make the right choice. She encourages all women to speak freely about their health and to consider the possibility of mastectomy. According to the psychologists, many women are feeling incorrectly, depressive, quietly and put an end to their sex activities after the mastectomy.
Angelina Jolie’s case will contribute for raising the medical awareness around the world and provide support for women who already did mastectomy. Mastectomy involves removing of the mammary gland, adipose tissue of the breast, lymph nodes in which cancer metastasizes and small or large breast muscle. This surgery is done in breast cancer.
During the last several years more and more young women decide to do mastectomy in order to prevent breast cancer.
Source: healthydietcent.com
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