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Angelina's choice: private decision, public impact.

Indian journal of medical ethics - 1 Jan 2000

Sirohi Bhawna, Sinha Nivedita, Goel Nishu Singh, Badwe Rajendra A

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The decision of the actress, Angelina Jolie (AJ), to undergo preventive risk-reducing bilateral mastectomy has elicited extreme responses, in support and against. We will discuss whether her decision was justified and if there are other options available to women. AJ, who is 38 years old, inherited the BRCA 1 gene. Because of the lack of randomised trials, there is controversy about the overall benefit that...

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PMID: 24509107
DOI: 10.20529/IJME.2014.009

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