Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Angelina Jolie's Medical Choice

My Medical Choice by Angelina Jolie.  The New York Times.  May 14, 2013.

Jolie's Double Mastectomy Not Always A Lifesaver by Liz Neporent.  ABC News. May 15, 2013.

(1)  Jolie's doctors estimated that she had a ______% chance of breast cancer and a ______ % chance of ovarian cancer.

(2)  Jolie's medical procedures extend over ________ months.

(3)  The procedure to increase the chance of saving the nipple is called ______________.

(4)  Jolie says that her chance of developing breast cancer has dropped from ______% to  ________%.

(5)  Breast cancer alone kills ____________ people each year.

(6)  The cost for testing  for BRCA1 and BRCA2 is more than $_________.



ABC News Article

(1)  Some medical experts are concerned that many women are ________________
___________

(2)  According to a University of Michigan study 70 percent of women who had both breast removed following a breast cancer diagnosis ______________________________.

(3)  Breast cancer survival is affected most by ____________________________.


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