Angelina Jolie Reflects on Losing Her Mom to Cancer in.
Angelina Jolie is reflecting on the heartbreak of losing her mom to cancer in a personal essay. It has been more than a decade since the Hollywood star’s mom, Marcheline Bertrand, passed away at age 56. Bertrand had battled breast cancer for years before her death.
Jolie’s essay reflects the dilemma of any person making a medical choice based on their circumstances, values, test results and what information they’ve been given or otherwise found and interpreted.
In a New York Times article titled “My Medical Choice”, Angelina Jolie made headlines across the world when she announced that she underwent a double mastectomy so she could prevent chances of breast cancer.
The Gene Patenting Debate. A story recently published regarding genes caught my eye as it received a lot of attention because the famous actress, Angelina Jolie underwent gene testing that resulted in a high risk of breast cancer. Jolie was able to beat the odds by undergoing a double mastectomy.
Angelina Jolie has reflected on the tragedy of losing her mother to cancer and brought to light the emotional toll and care needed for individuals battling the disease. Jolie penned a personal essay for the Time — where she's a regular contributor for the magazine — to address the difficulties she faced upon losing her mother and grandmother to cancer, and the preventative procedures she.
Angelina Jolie is getting candid about cancer. The “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” star opened up about her family’s cancer struggles, as well as the importance of emotional support in battling the disease, in a personal essay published in Time Thursday. The actress, whose mother and grandmother both died of breast cancer, gave emotional insight into the cancer battle her mother.
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Angelina Jolie is using her own family medical history and experiences to shed light on advancements in cancer research, treatment and women's health as well as women's rights worldwide.
Angelina Jolie took daughters Shiloh and Zahara to a movie in LA, one day after praising her family in an essay for rallying around both girls following their surgeries.
In the touching essay Angelina Jolie reflected on the toll that the decade-long battle her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, had with cancer took on her family and her own preventative measures, PEOPLE.
Angelina Jolie revealed some startling news in a personal essay that she recently wrote for Time magazine to mark International Women's Day. The 44-year-old mother of six wrote that two of her brood had to undergo invasive surgery this year. In the piece Angelina shared that her eldest daughter Zahara who is 15 years old, had been 'in and out of surgery' for the past two months. However.
Angelina Jolie has accomplished so much in her life, and has become a role model not only for her own children but also for so many of us in the world. a. She has used her celebrity status to do humanitarian work and inspire many people.
Five years ago this Monday, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie announced to the world in a New York Times op-ed that she is a BRCA1 gene mutation carrier, and that she underwent a preventative double mastectomy to help reduce her breast cancer risk. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are tumor-suppressing genes, and mutations of these genes elevate a person’s lifetime risk of developing breast cancer to.
