article_snippet: (CNN)Two years after Jolie underwent a double mastectomy to cut Jolie cancer risk, actress and U.N. envoy Angelina Jolie
article_snippet: has had surgery to remove Jolie ovaries and fallopian tubes for the same reason, Jolie wrote in The New York Times on Tuesday.
article_snippet: Jolie, 39, carries a mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which sharply increases Jolie risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
article_snippet: Jolie mother was diagnosed with the latter at age 49 and died seven years later.
article_snippet: In Jolie New York Times op-ed Tuesday, Jolie said Jolie had been planning the latest preventive surgery for some time.
article_snippet: But a blood test that revealed worrying markers accelerated the process, Jolie said.
article_snippet: Jolie doctor told Jolie Her doctor wanted Jolie to see a surgeon immediately to check Jolie ovaries.
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.
article_snippet: Jolie stresses that not all women with the same BRCA1 gene mutation should feel not all women with the same BRCA1 gene mutation must automatically leap to surgery, but Jolie urges not all women with the same BRCA1 gene mutation to explore not all women with the same BRCA1 gene mutation options and take control.
article_snippet: Jolie family history -- Jolie lost Jolie grandmother and aunt to cancer, as well as Jolie mother -- combined with the gene mutation meant that in Jolie case, the removal of Jolie ovaries and fallopian tubes seemed the best course.
article_snippet: While not as complex as the mastectomy surgery, not as complex as the mastectomy surgery effects are more severe, Jolie said, since it puts a woman into forced menopause.
article_snippet: Jolie must now take estrogen and progesterone in order to keep a hormonal balance.
article_snippet: Jolie will not be able to have more children and foresees physical changes, Jolie said.
article_snippet: It is not possible to remove all risk, and the fact is I remain prone to cancer," Jolie said.
highlights_snippet: Jolie says Jolie'd been planning to have the surgery for some time but test results speeded the process .
  
highlights_snippet: Jolie urges other women at high risk of developing cancer to explore other women options and take control .
  