Angelina Jolie's Decision and Public Message will Save Lives

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EXCLUSIVE: Angelina Jolie's doctor says star's double mastectomy will have 'tremendously lasting impact' and save lives Dr. Jay Orringer, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, tells The News that ever since Jolie revealed she had both of her breasts removed that many other women are getting proactive to find out their risk of getting breast cancer. 'I'm seeing in my practice already women who are saying, 'I was inspired by that to get gene testing,'' Orringer says.

By Tracy Miller / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, October 14, 2013

Dr. Jay Orringer recently performed reconstructive surgery on Angelina Jolie and says more women need to take a team approach to cancer care.
Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy "has already begun to save lives," the mega-star's plastic surgeon says, speaking out for the first time since the Oscar winner revealed her procedure five months ago.
“I’m seeing in my practice already women who are saying, ‘I was inspired by that to get gene testing,’” said Dr. Jay Orringer, the Beverly Hills surgeon who performed Jolie's reconstruction, in an exclusive interview with the Daily News. “I think it’s going to have a tremendously lasting impact.”
The mom of six — Hollywood's highest paid actress and a United Nations humanitarian — announced in May that she had endured three months of procedures to have both breasts removed because of her high genetic risk of breast cancer.

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