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It could be the most important thing that a woman ever does in her entire life in order to preserve her life. >> that was angelina jolie-pitt's breast cancer surgeon dr. christy funk discussing the revelation that angelina jolie removed her ovaries and fallopian tube because she carry as mutation of the brcaa-1 gene. her decision really sparking an important conversation about women's health and some of the very difficult decisions. want to turn to dr. yasmine, a former cdc disease detective, now a staff writer for the dallas morning news and dr. cohen. such an important conversation. dr. yasm...

Myriad wanting to hold this. we spent 17 years, $500 million getting to this point. we want to hang on to as much as we can. you can't patent a gene. you have genes. i have genes. the particular gene with angelina jolie, fewer than 1% of women have that. they say that cannot be patented. what can be a tepatented, you h to create a template of a gene to study it. you can patent the template. it was a little bit of a nuance. but an important description of that decision. >> what are other examples? we think of angelina jolie and the brca gene you're talking about. who are other examples in terms...

Cancer. >> ever since angelina jolie announced that she had a double mastectomy, everyone was wondering what would she look like and when she appeared on the carpet with brad pitt, she looked absolutely stunning. >> reporter: she has become an ib spir rag inspiration to mill. >> i've been happy to see the discussion about women's health expanded and that means the world to me. and after losing my mom to these issue, i'm very grateful for it. >> reporter: angelina's biggest fan says he is thankful to have his fiance healthy and happy by his side. >> it's actually a heroic decision to undertake ...

The big picture, which was all screwed up." angelina jolie back on the red carpet today. jolie appeared with fiance brad pitt in london. this is her first public event since she announced she had a double mastectomy back in february. jolie has a mutation of the brca gene which increases her chances of getting breast and ovarian cancer. >> i've been very happy to see this discussion about women's health expanded, and that means the world to me, and after losing my mom to these issues, i'm very grateful for it. >> the couple are in london to promote pitt's new film "world war z." to oklahoma...

Why. why did you choose to do that? i went back to chicago, sat with my doctors and walked through why we made that decision. i also talked to a young girl, the youngest ever to have a double mastectomy because she carries the same brca gene. >> it starts with a lump or shadowy figure on a black and white screen. >> this, we know is cancer. >> that's how it happened to me. >> any other spots in either breast can be the same thing, they can be benign, malignant, we really don't know. >> all the doctors know for sure, this one dot of my left breast has encapsulated cancerous cells. called ducto ...