Shock: Angelina Jolie could not do a mastectomy

Did Angelina Jolie, voluntarily passed through preventive mastectomy, a worthy alternative? Many women ask this question, and now the Irish scientists responded in the affirmative.

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Researchers at Queen's University in Belfast believe that women with a mutation of the BRCA1 gene   optionally remove both breasts and ovaries because of the fact that the risk of becoming a victim breast cancer they have 85% and the risk of ovarian cancer 40%. In fact, there are anti-estrogenic drugs that are also sufficiently effective in reducing this risk.

The fact is that the cells of "vulnerable" women damaged by estrogen, as scientists have found in the course of the study, and these injuries can lead to the development of tumors. Until recently, warning   mastectomy   It was considered the most effective method of prevention breast cancer   in women with   a mutation of the BRCA1 gene But Irish scientists have found that a similar effect can be achieved by using special drugs that have long been sold in different countries.

We are talking about different drugs whose mechanism of action is aimed at the forced reduction of estrogen in the body. This level drops dramatically after mastectomy   and removal of the ovaries, but the prospect of such operations scares many women. It now appears that they may try conventional medicine.

"This is a very important discovery in the preservation of the health of women with a mutation of the gene BRCA1, - said study author Dr. Keenan Savage. - We have received the first strong evidence that it is estrogen causes of cancer in these women. But modern medicine has an arsenal of drugs to reduce the level of this hormone. We are not saying that medication will relieve women of the need to spay or go through a mastectomy, but it can give a significant delay. The woman will be able to have children, which she dreamed. " (READ MORE)

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