ACTRESS Angelina Jolie has undergone surgery to remove her ovaries
and Fallopian tubes after doctors detected early signs of cancer.
The star revealed the news in a column for The New York Times, like she did for her double mastectomy in 2013.She said after undergoing the preventative breast surgery in 2013 to reduce her risk of cancer, she had been planning for some time to have her ovaries removed.
But the 39-year-old was forced to make a speedy decision to have the operation — which has forced her into menopause — when the early signs of cancer were detected a fortnight ago through a blood test.
Jolie, who carries the mutated BRCA1 gene, lost her mother, actress Marcheline Bertand, grandmother and aunt to cancer.
“I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt,” Jolie wrote.
“I told myself to stay calm, to be strong, and that I had no reason to think I wouldn’t live to see my children grow up and to meet my grandchildren.”
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