Prevent Cancer, Angelina Jolie Is Willingly ' Waste ' Breasts

Prevent Cancer, Angelina Jolie Is Willingly ' Waste ' Breasts

make a shocking move towards his body. Hollywood actress who gained international success via the movie Tomb Rider was dumped both her tits through the operation in stages from February through April.

That process is called a double mastectomy, it does to reduce the risk of breast cancer.

Jolie called those steps as a medical option. The doctor said Jolie has 87% risk of developing breast cancer and a 50% risk of developing ovarian cancer.

His body turns out to have BRCA1 gene mutations. BRCA gene is the cause of breast cancer susceptibility, a class of genes known as tumor suppressor, according to the National Cancer Institute.

BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations so far examined are associated with breast cancer and ovarian cancer are declining. A blood test can determine if a woman is "highly vulnerable" against cancer.

So knowing the fact that he was faced, actress born in Los Angles, California, decided to undergo complicated procedures for nine weeks in Pink Lotus Breast Center in California for a mastectomy and reconstruction.

"I decided to act more proactively in order to minimize the risk as much as possible," he writes in an article in the New York Times published Tuesday (2/5).

His decision was supported by her husband, actor Brad Pitt. Jolie praising Pitt for the support and love that is given during the mastectomy procedure he went through it.

Jolie, who has three children and three adopted children said her children did not consider the results of his actions will make them uncomfortable.

Thanks to the magnitude of the decision, the risk of breast cancer in her body plummeted from 87% to below 5%.

"I feel so helpless after taking decisions of this magnitude without reducing my femininity," he said.

It is reasonable if Jolie is famous for its beauty and sexiness that body considers that raised both her tits is a big decision.

His physical appearance is indeed always reaps attention. At least eight times already he was crowned as the world's most beautiful women are the sexiest or by several well-known magazines, such as by Vogue in 2002 by Esquire in 2004, FHM and Harper's Bazaar in 2005, People and Hello! In 2006, Empire in 2007, and Vanity Fair in 2009.

The article he wrote on a reputable media that aims to inspire the women fared more or less the same with him.

"To every woman who reads, I hope this will help you in determine the choice.I want to give support to every woman, especially if you come from a family with a history of breast or ovarian cancer, to seek information and medical experts who can help you through a single event in life and make your own decisions, "said winning an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.

Active actresses being the UN's Special Envoy for the Humanitarian apparently never lost his mother as a result of breast cancer. His mother, who also is producer and actress Marcheline Bertrand, Hollywood, died of ovarian cancer at the age of 56 years in 2007.

It made her miserable experience continue to motivate her children not to worry about losing him. "I can tell my kids that they need not fear they'll lose me for breast cancer," he said.(BBC/CNN/wikipedia/Maggie Mahardika Shades)

Editor: Asnawi Khaddaf