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Angelina Jolie's Mastectomy Disclosure May Help Reduce Stigma

In disclosing in the New York Times on Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie also called attention to the many women in developing countries who die from breast cancer each year.
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Academy award film actress Angelina Jolie, in eastern DR-Congo (file photo).

  • Uganda:   What Causes Breast Tumours?

    New Vision, 13 May 2013

    Salim Asha's breasts developed at the age of eight. By the time she was 16 years old, her breasts were so big for a girl of her age. Read more »

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