By Amira Polack, Global Corporate Affairs Specialist, SAP
“I carry a ‘faulty’ gene, BRCA1…I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer,” Angelina Jolie explained last year in her New York Times op-ed announcing her decision to undergo preventive double mastectomy. In a recent cover interview with Entertainment Weekly leading up to the opening of her film Maleficent, Jolie utilized the publicity to announce plans for continued preemptive surgery, casting a celebrity-revved spotlight on the role of genes in healthcare.
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