Professor Kefah Mokbel based at The Princess Grace Hospital in The Evening Standard

The news that actress Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy to reduce the possibility of her developing breast cancer, like her mother who died as a result of the disease, was covered widely by the media. But why did she and other women take this drastic action? Professor Kefah Mokbel of The London Breast Institute based at The Princess Grace Hospital, explained why in The Evening Standard.

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