Among developing nations, cancer is an increasingly prevalent cause of death. It’s largely overtaken other diseases as the leading cause of death in those countries — mostly because there’s little or no access to affordable prevention and treatment.
Angelina Jolie has undergone a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer. Dr. Samia Al-Amoudi became one of the first Saudi women to go public about her breast cancer, and has been trying to reduce the stigma across the Arab world.
In an op-ed piece for our partner The New York Times, actress and director Angelina Jolie announced that she recently underwent a double mastectomy after learning that she is a carrier of the BRCA1 breast cancer gene and was at high risk of developing the disease. After battling breast cancer for nearly a decade, Jolie’s […]