Is Removing Our Organs An Act of Preventing Disease Or An Act of Desperation?

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Actress Angelina Jolie revealed that she has removed her ovaries and fallopian tubes to prevent cancer. This follows her preventive surgery in 2013 of a double mastectomy; Jolie revealed that she carried a mutation of her BRCA1 gene that gave her an estimated 87 per cent risk of breast cancer and a 50 per cent risk of ovarian cancer. She still has her uterus, adding that uterine cancer does not run in her family. Her mother and grandmother both died of cancer. “She says she will look for ways to strengthen her immune system to prevent cancers.” …read more

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