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“Change the cancer conversation: The ‘war on cancer’ has run off course,” by Colin Macilwain, Nature. When Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy in 2013 after genetic tests revealed her susceptibility to certain cancers, she urged others to consider their risk. Even more people will do so now that she has had her ovaries and . . . → Read More: The ‘war on cancer’ has run off course
“Cancer Researchers Find “The Angelina Jolie Effect” By Kyle Hill, Nerdist. When Angelina Jolie learned about her own genetic predisposition to breast cancer – and made her diagnosis and treatment very public – she unknowingly urged thousands of women to follow her lead. The announcement of her surgery was maybe more galvanizing than any recent . . . → Read More: Cancer Researchers Find “The Angelina Jolie Effect” 
The past three months have seen significant changes not only in the breast cancer arena but in science and medicine more generally. Barbara Brenner, one of my personal she-roes, who led the group Breast Cancer Action, died on May 10 at her home in San Francisco. She was 61. Angelina Jolie surprised the public . . . → Read More: BCC Quarterly is out! (2013, Issue 3)
“Facebook Is Officially OK With (Some) Mastectomy Photos” By Courtney Subramanian, Time. After more than 20,000 people signed an online petition asking Facebook to stop censoring photos of people who have undergone mastectomies, the social network has for the first time posted its policy on the images. The company said in a statement that it . . . → Read More: Facebook Is Officially OK With (Some) Mastectomy Photos 
Published on CNN, May 24, 2013. (CNN) — Angelina Jolie, when writing about her preventive double mastectomy, did not discuss how much her surgeries cost, but she did mention that many women would not be able to afford the $3,000 to $4,000 test that led her to make the decision. What she failed to say . . . → Read More: Why Jolie’s cancer test costs so much 
“Angelina Jolie and the One Percent” was originally published in Scientific American on May 20th, 2013. After learning that she had inherited a mutation on one of the so-called breast cancer genes, actress Angelina Jolie decided to have a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer. She also plans to have her . . . → Read More: Angelina Jolie and the One Percent
“More on My Story, Why My Reconstruction is Not a “Sexy Boob Job.” By Peggy Orenstein, Peggy Orenstein Blog. “I don’t think women who choose bilateral mastectomy are cowards. But I also don’t think they are heroes. Not even Angelina Jolie. Is she really braver than someone who opted for surveillance, or to have her . . . → Read More: Why My Reconstruction is Not a “Sexy Boob Job” “Angelina Jolie has made a legitimate choice, but the real question remains the search for the cure”
Breast Cancer Consortium member Grazia De Michele is an Italian-born researcher and historian currently living in the United Kingdom. Her doctoral thesis, “‘At the gates of civilization’: Southern children in Turin primary school from the 1950s-1970s,” analyzes the social construction of Southern migrants’ children during the post-war period. Grazia was diagnosed with breast cancer . . . → Read More: “Angelina Jolie has made a legitimate choice, but the real question remains the search for the cure”
“No Easy Choices on Reconstruction.” By Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times Well Blog. Last week the actress Angelina Jolie announced in The New York Times that she had had a double mastectomy in February after testing positive for a genetic mutation that put her at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer. She . . . → Read More: No Easy Choices on Reconstruction 
My bloggy friends have really hit some important notes about Angelina Jolie’s prophylactic bilateral mastectomies, a decision she made public in a recent editorial in the New York Times. Jackie called out those who were judging her decision. Marie wrote a good explainer about the BRCA gene and why its presence . . . → Read More: The Chatter About Jolie |
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