O/T - Complete change of subject: Angelina Jolie

KZNSeagull

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Nov 26, 2007

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• May 14, 2013

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Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has undergone a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22520720

Would you do something like this as a preventative measure? Seems rather radical to me, but then I guess you can never tell what you would do in a similar situation.

 

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Hove / Παρος

• May 14, 2013

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KZNSeagull said:

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has undergone a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22520720

Would you do something like this as a preventative measure? Seems rather radical to me, but then I guess you can never tell what you would do in a similar situation.

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Doesn't she have a dodgy gene that makes gives her a ridiculously high risk of developing breast cancer? 80% or something?

 

KZNSeagull

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• May 14, 2013

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Doesn't she have a dodgy gene that makes gives her a ridiculously high risk of developing breast cancer? 80% or something?

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Yes, 87% and 50% for Ovarian Cancer. She was showing no signs of either though.

 

JBizzle

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• May 14, 2013

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KZNSeagull said:

Yes, 87% and 50% for Ovarian Cancer. She was showing no signs of either though.

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Even so, it depends on if it's affected others close to her (mother, sister etc). If it has, I'm not sure how I'd deal with an 87% chance of getting cancer knowing that there's a realistic (if drastic) preventative measure out there.

 

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Greavsey

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• May 14, 2013

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Yeah 87% chance. Would you have your nuts cut off if given similar odds!?

I imagine she'll go for Katie Price style fake 'uns as a replacement!

 

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willyfantastic

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• May 14, 2013

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JBizzle said:

Even so, it depends on if it's affected others close to her (mother, sister etc). If it has, I'm not sure how I'd deal with an 87% chance of getting cancer knowing that there's a realistic (if drastic) preventative measure out there.

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her mother died of it at 56