cancer. as we re seeing the fact that her breast cancer chances have now been reduced to under 5%, whereas before they were roughly at 87%, explain what it means to go through this procedure, especially when we talk about the naipple sparing procedure. it s more advanced than it would be normally, correct? absolutely. i think that really has influenced women s decisions. the cosmetic results that are available now following removal of the breasts to prevent breast cancer are quite good. in many instances, quite frankly, the cosmetic result is enhanced as compared to prior to the surgery. so women who are opting who are very high risk, who are opting to have their breasts removed to effectively reduce their risk of breast cancer actually don t have to suffer, because they have very good cosmetic outcome. in another part of the op-ed, jolie goes on to say i don t feel any less of a woman.
i feel empowered that i made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininitfeminini. in respect to price, though, how affordable is this to the average woman who would go in to speak to her doctor. first of all undergoing the testing for this. but then having to consider the procedure and the costs to potentially save their life down the line? these are good points. again, i want to emphasize that this is not a procedure for the general population. these are this is a very small segment of our population. it might be 5% of patients who eventually get breast cancer would be positive for this mutation. so it s only a small percentage of women that would even be eligible to get the genetic testing. in most cases, if the patient does have a strong history, the genetic test is covered by the insurance company. and in patients hathat are mutation positive, i would say