Angelina Jolie has ovaries removed
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.
Actress Angelina Jolie has had her ovaries removed as a preventative measure, two years after having a double mastectomy.
The star has lost her mother, grandmother and aunt to cancer and decided to have the procedure after tests revealed a small tumour on one of her ovaries. Jolie is high risk of developing ovarian cancer or breast cancer due to a BRCA1 gene mutation, which is the reason she had both her breasts removed.
She opened up about her decision in a article she wrote for The New York Times.