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May 15th, 2013

Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Angelina Jolie: “It was like reading my own story and reliving my own decision”

Last night, in response to the news that actress and activist Angelina Jolie underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning that she carried the BRCA1 gene, CNN’s Piers Morgan welcomed back Debbie Wasserman Schultz to share her own experience with both breast and ovarian cancer.

“It was like reading my own story and reliving my own decision,” said Wasserman Schultz who tested positive for the BRCA2 gene mutation and opted to have both a double mastectomy and to have her ovaries removed. “It’s not an easy decision to have your breasts removed and to force yourself into early menopause.”

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