Angelina Jolie’s Aunt Dies Of Breast Cancer – She Has 87% Risk Of Ovarian & Breast Cancer

Started by Shola Sholaz, May 29, 2013, 03:33 PM

Shola Sholaz

Debbie Martin, the aunt of Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has passed away.
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Two weeks after Angelina Jolie revealed she had a double mastectomy surgery, her 61-year-old Aunty passed away on Sunday at the Palomar Medical Centre in Escondido after a long time battle with breast cancer.
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Late Martin was the sister of Angelina's mother, Mrs Marcheline Bertrand who died of breast cancer in 2007 at age 56 Debbie Martin's husband, Ron, said the 2 sisters had the same mutated BRCA1 gene which Angelina Jolie sadly inherited.
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2 weeks ago, Angelina Jolie confessed that doctor said she had 87% risk of breast cancer and 50% risk of Ovarian cancer.
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"I decided to be proactive and to minimise the risk as much I could," – said the 37-year-old actress.

Folami David

Breast cancer is really troubling so many women in Africa and it would make sense if a cure could pop up anytime from now.