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FILE - This March 8, 2012 file photo shows actress Angelina Jolie at the Women in the World Summit in New York. Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in an op-ed she authored for Tuesday's New York Times under the headline, "My Medical Choice." She writes that between early February and late April she completed three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

Details of Jolie's breast treatment revealed

Angelina Jolie's mother had breast cancer and died of ovarian cancer, and her maternal grandmother also had ovarian cancer — strong evidence of an inherited, genetic risk that led the actress to have both of her healthy breasts removed to try to avoid the same fate, her doctor said Wednesday. ...

  • Updated: 7:37 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013
FILE - This Feb. 26, 2012 file photo shows actress Angelina Jolie at the 84th Academy Awards in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in an op-ed she authored for Tuesday's New York Times under the headline, "My Medical Choice." She writes that between early February and late April she completed three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

Jolie: From girl with tattoo to woman with a cause

In her bad girl days, Angelina Jolie's body was a billboard for tattoos that said such things as "Billy Bob." Now she's sharing intimate details of her anatomy to help women at risk, going public with her preventive double mastectomy to greatly reduce her high odds of breast cancer. It's ...

  • Updated: 9:59 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Having the Same BRCA DNA as Angelina Jolie: One Woman's Story

Having the Same BRCA DNA as Angelina Jolie: One Woman's Story

Actress Angelina Jolie announced Tuesday that she had a preventative double-mastectomy after testing positive for BRCA1. It's a genetic defect that increases the risk of cancer. Texas wife & mother Stephanie Hengstenberg has the same story. She had a double mastectomy and hysterectomy in 2009. This is her story, in ...

  • 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013
FILE- In this Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 file photo, actress Angelina Jolie poses for a portrait to promote her directorial debut of the film "In the Land of Blood and Honey" in New York. Jolie authored an op-ed for Tuesday’s May 14, 2013 New York Times where she writes that in April she finished three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts as a preventive measure. She says she’s kept the process private but is writing about it now with hopes she can help other women. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File) ITALY OUT

Jolie admired for bravery in mastectomy revelation

"I hope that other women can benefit from my experience," Angelina Jolie wrote in a powerful op-ed article Tuesday, explaining her decision to go public with having her breasts removed to avoid cancer. But amid the accolades for the film star's courageous revelation, doctors and genetic counselors were careful to ...

  • Updated: 9:14 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
FILE - This Feb. 26, 2012 file photo shows actress Angelina Jolie at the 84th Academy Awards in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in an op-ed she authored for Tuesday's New York Times under the headline, "My Medical Choice." She writes that between early February and late April she completed three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

Celebrities react to Jolie's mastectomy revelation

Celebrities react to Angelina Jolie's revelation Tuesday in a New York Times editorial that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy: — "She'll have empowered millions of women all over world. She is sexier than ever." — Sharon Osbourne, who announced last year that she underwent the same preventive procedure. — ...

  • Updated: 8:28 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Jolie Genetic Cancer Risk High but Rare

Jolie Genetic Cancer Risk High but Rare

Angelina Jolie says she wants to help other women by discussing her double mastectomy and genetic predisposition for breast and ovarian cancer. While the actress's genetic cancer risk was very high, it's also fairly rare. (May 14)

  • 7:10 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Celebs react to Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy

Celebs react to Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy

Angelina Jolie's preemptive double mastectomy is already having a large impact, and stemming reactions from Brad Pitt, and other celebrities.

  • 4:20 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Women have more options for breast cancer surgery

One of the world's most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring — removal of both breasts. But new approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, whether to treat cancer or to prevent it as Angelina Jolie just chose to do. As Jolie said, "the results can be ...

  • Updated: 3:29 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
FILE - Actress Angelina Jolie arrives for the British Gala premiere for the film 'Salt', at a central London cinema, in this Aug. 16, 2010 file photo. Jolie authored an op-ed for Tuesday’s May 14, 2013 New York Times where she writes that in April she finished three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts as a preventive measure. She says she’s kept the process private but is writing about it now with hopes she can help other women. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy: Q&A

Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie disclosed Tuesday that she had a preventive mastectomy after learning she had a gene mutation that significantly raised her risk of breast cancer. A look at the procedure: Q: What kind of surgery did Jolie have? A: Jolie had a preventive double mastectomy, meaning she chose ...

  • Updated: 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Notable breast cancer battles

Here are a few famous public figures who have fought breast cancer.

  • Updated: 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Dr. Deanna Attai, who is on the board of directors for American Society of Breast Surgeons, stands in front of cryoablation machine at the American Society of Breast Surgeons conference on May 1, 2013 in Chicago. The machine uses liquid nitrogen to freeze some kinds of breast cancer tumors. Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)

Women have new options for breast cancer surgery

Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results. ...

  • Updated: 8:52 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Jolie Has Double Mastectomy

Jolie Has Double Mastectomy

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie reveals that she's had a double mastectomy, in a written article, after discovering she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she'd get breast cancer. (May 14)

  • 8:10 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
New Options for Breast Cancer Surgery

New Options for Breast Cancer Surgery

Women with breast cancer now have more surgical options to treat their disease and save more of their breast. New techniques are faster, gentler and less disfiguring. (May 14)

  • 7:10 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
FILE - This March 8, 2012 file photo shows actress Angelina Jolie at the Women in the World Summit in New York. Jolie authored an op-ed for Tuesday’s May 14, 2013 New York Times where she writes that in April she finished three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts as a preventive measure. She says she’s kept the process private but is writing about it now with hopes she can help other women. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy

The actress said her decision came after she found out she carries the BRCA1gene. That genetically raises the chances for breast and ovarian cancer in a woman significantly. Jolie wrote an op-ed column in the New York Times saying "my doctors estimated that I had an 87% risk of breast ...

  • 5:57 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
FILE - Actress Angelina Jolie arrives for the British Gala premiere for the film 'Salt', at a central London cinema, in this Aug. 16, 2010 file photo. Jolie authored an op-ed for Tuesday’s May 14, 2013 New York Times where she writes that in April she finished three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts as a preventive measure. She says she’s kept the process private but is writing about it now with hopes she can help other women. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy

Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an op-ed she authored for Tuesday's New York ...

  • Updated: 2:02 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Prostate cancer patient Dean Smith, left, a retired marketing executive, meets with Dr. Peter Carroll, right, at the UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco on Thursday, May 2, 2013. Carroll, chairman of urology at the University of California, San Francisco says a study he led on a new prostate cancer test - the Oncotype DX Genomic Prostate Score - suggested it could triple the number of men known to be at such low risk for aggressive disease that monitoring is a clearly safe option. Conversely, the test also suggested that some tumors were more aggressive than doctors had believed. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Gene test may help guide prostate cancer treatment

A new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help tens of thousands of men each year decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it. The new test, which goes on sale Wednesday, joins another one that recently came on ...

  • Updated: 8:57 a.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Fmr. Marine Has Breast Cancer, VA Rejects Care

Fmr. Marine Has Breast Cancer, VA Rejects Care

Thirty years after the first tainted wells were discovered at Camp Lejeune, Marines and their families are still fighting for help. Tom Gervasi,who has a rare case of breast cancer, has been rejected by the Veterans Administration twice. (M...

  • 12:10 p.m. Friday, March 22, 2013
Giuliana Rancic Face Of Danskin's Move For Change Campaign

Giuliana Rancic Face Of Danskin's Move For Change Campaign

Giuliana Rancic is a busy woman and adding to her schedule is being a part of Danskin's newest campaign.

  • 9:12 a.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013

Susan G. Komen for the Cure®: Treasure Your Chest

Hosted by the Tulsa Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, Treasure Your Chest is a scavenger hunt through the Blue Dome District in Downtown Tulsa. Treasure Your Chest will be held June 15, 2013. Get all the details here. Where the money goes: 100 percent of the proceeds ...

  • 10:38 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Q&A: Valerie Harper's cancer

Actress Valerie Harper, best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show  and Rhoda in the 1970s, has learned she has leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. The condition happens when cancer spreads to the brain and spinal cord. Now 73, Harper told People magazine she received the diagnosis ...

  • Updated: 10:16 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013
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