Seven in ten women would ‘do a Angelina Jolie’

A YouGov poll has found that seven in ten women would do same as Jolie following the news the actress underwent a preventive double mastectomy to avoid cancer.

A new YouGov poll finds that nearly seven in ten women in Britain would have a double mastectomy if genetic tests suggested they had a very high chance of developing breast cancer.

On Tuesday, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie announced in a widely reported editorial for the New York Times titled “My Medical Choice” that she had undergone a double mastectomy as a preventive measure against breast cancer. Jolie said that doctors estimated that she “had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer” due to a “faulty” gene, BRCA1, which increases cancer risk.

68% of women say they would have all natural breast tissue removed and replaced with implants if genetic tests suggested a very high probability of developing breast cancer.

The full findings can be seen here.

Below CNN archive interviews with Angelina Jolie on health matters: