Actress Angelina Jolie has revealed that she had a double mastectomy as a measure to avoid the high chance of developing either breast or ovarian cancer, or both. The remarkable news appears to be yet another advance in preventative medicine made possible by the charting of the human gnome. Ms. Jolie was told she was carrying the BRCA-1 gene, an almost certain sign that she would, like her mother, develop breast cancer. After the mastectomy, reconstruction and treatment, doctors say her chances of such an outcome have dropped from 87 percent to five percent. At the right, is a statement by Emma Parlons describing her experience.
