Thousands of women may be needlessly having their breasts removed to prevent cancer because of the ‘Angelina Jolie’ effect, researchers have warned.
Around 4,000 women in Britain a year now opt for a double mastectomy in the belief that it will prevent cancer returning in the healthy breast, a figure that has increased since actress Jolie publicly announced she had the procedure in 2013.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/12/29/number-women-having-breasts-removed-angelina-jolie-effect-alarmingly/