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Award-winning actress, Angelina Jolie underwent a preventable double mastectomy in 2013 to lower her chances of developing breast cancer.
This medical choice was informed by genetic tests that revealed that she carried the BRCA1 gene that predisposed her to the disease as well as ovarian cancer.
Having lost her mum, aunt and grandmother to the disease, the celebrity opted to have the surgery to improve her odds of contracting it.
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