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Prophylactic Double Mastectomy

Angelina's Choice

Myra J. Biblowit | Posted 05.15.2013 | Women
Read More: Preventive Medicine, Angelina Jolie BRCA1, Angelina Jolie Mastectomy, Angelina Jolie Preventive Surgery, Breast Cancer, Prophylactic Double Mastectomy, Breast Cancer Awareness, Brca1, Women News
Myra J. Biblowit

Reading her thoughtful Op-Ed in the New York Times, I could not help but think about Ms. Jolie's ubiquitous Lara Croft character -- the adventurer, the warrior, the intellectual, the sex symbol. Today, Ms. Jolie has stepped out in what may be one of her most defining roles.

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Extreme Breast Cancer Prevention: Should At-Risk Women Have Both Breasts Removed?

Barron H. Lerner | Posted 03.16.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Risk Perception, Breast Cancer, Mammography, Breast Cancer Surgery, Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Breast Cancer, Allyn Rose Double Mastectomy, Allyn Rose Miss America, Prophylactic Double Mastectomies, Double Prophylactic Mastectomy, Prophylactic Double Mastectomy, Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Mammograms, Allyn Rose, Breast Cancer Risk Prevention, Mammogram, Breast Cancer Risk, Healthy Living News
Barron H. Lerner

The news that 24-year-old Allyn Rose, Miss District of Columbia in this year's Miss America competition, is planning to have both of her breasts removed in the near future is the latest case of what we might call "extreme breast cancer prevention."

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