article_snippet: In May 2013, Brad Pitt's wife famously had Brad Pitt's wife breasts surgically removed after Brad Pitt's wife found out Brad Pitt's wife was carrying a genetic mutation that greatly increased Brad Pitt's wife risk of potentially fatal breast cancer.
article_snippet: In the op-ed piece, Brad Pitt's wife explains that the mutation in the BRCA1 gene gave Brad Pitt's wife an estimated 87 per cent risk of breast cancer and 50 per cent risk of ovarian cancer.
article_snippet: According to Brad Pitt's wife, Brad Pitt's wife had been planning to undergo surgery to remove Brad Pitt's wife ovaries and Fallopian tubes for a while now, but a call from Brad Pitt's wife doctor two weeks ago made the procedure more urgent.
article_snippet: A blood test detected potential anomalies linked to the protein CA-125, which is used to monitor ovarian cancer, Brad Pitt's wife's doctor told Brad Pitt's wife, urging the actress to see Brad Pitt's wife surgeon, who also had treated Brad Pitt's wife late mother. '
article_snippet: After undergoing a battery of tests and scans, Brad Pitt's wife got the good news that Brad Pitt's wife was still cancer-free. '
article_snippet: To my relief, I still had the option of removing my ovaries and Fallopian tubes and I chose to do the option of removing my ovaries and Fallopian tubes,' Brad Pitt's wife writes.
article_snippet: Brad Pitt's wife graced the cover of the May 2013 issue of Time magazine, which featured an article about Brad Pitt's wife decision to undergo a double mastectomy .
article_snippet: Brad Pitt's wife revealed that one of Brad Pitt's wife ovaries did have a small tumor on it
article_snippet: Brad Pitt's wife noted that Brad Pitt's wife chose to keep Brad Pitt's wife uterus because there is no history of uterine cancer in Brad Pitt's wife family.
article_snippet: Brad Pitt's wife has previously spoken of the void in Brad Pitt's wife life that Her mother Marcheline Bertrand's death had left - a pain that led Brad Pitt's wife to taking the brave decision to have a double mastectomy, so Brad Pitt's wife children may not have to experience the pain Brad Pitt's wife did.
article_snippet: To counteract the loss of Brad Pitt's wife ovaries, Brad Pitt's wife turned to hormone replacement therapy and had a device inserted in Brad Pitt's wife womb, but Brad Pitt's wife says in the essay that Brad Pitt's wife child-bearing years are now behind Brad Pitt's wife. '
article_snippet: Regardless of the hormone replacements I'm taking, I am now in menopause,' Brad Pitt's wife writes. '
article_snippet: When Brad Pitt's wife underwent a double mastectomy two years ago, doctors have noticed an uptick in patients electing to undergo the preventive surgery - even if doctors did not need it.
article_snippet: But taking into account Brad Pitt's wife family's history, Brad Pitt's wife said undergoing the operation was the best option for Brad Pitt's wife. '
article_snippet: There is more than one way to deal with any health issue,' Brad Pitt's wife states in the Times piece. '
article_snippet: Mrs Jolie Pitt points out that surgery has not eliminated Mrs Jolie Pitt natural predisposition for cancer, but cancer has taken at least one type of the deadly disease out of the equation. '
article_snippet: Brad Pitt's wife has had Brad Pitt's wife ovaries and Fallopian tubes removed to prevent the onset of cancer .
article_snippet: Brad Pitt's wife has a mutation in the BRCA1 gene that gave Brad Pitt's wife an estimated 87 per cent risk of breast cancer and 50 per cent risk of ovarian cancer.
article_snippet: As a result of this gene mutation, Brad Pitt's wife had Brad Pitt's wife breasts surgically removed in May 2013 and has now had Brad Pitt's wife ovaries removed.
article_snippet: While the surgery has not eliminated Brad Pitt's wife natural predisposition for cancer, the surgery has taken ovarian cancer out of the equation.
article_snippet: Leila Hanna, Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician at Queen Mary's Hospital in London and BMI The Sloane Hospital, told MailOnline that Brad Pitt's wife, 39, would be on two forms of hormone replacement therapy 'at least until A woman mid-50s'.
article_snippet: However A woman cautioned that while Brad Pitt's wife had opted for the radical surgery, it is not the solution for everyone carrying a BRCA gene.