Life on top the angelina effect11/9/2022 I don’t look forward to getting my Pap smear done either, if it makes any of you feel better about going. Then you can mutually decide which tests you need, and when. Get informed about your family history…and be specific. The bottom line is talk to your doctor, and be upfront (with your gynecologist especially) about things like smoking and your sexual history. When celebrities health problems make the headlines they may help increase awareness, suggests the new study from Austria. Her risk of developing breast cancer was over 80%, and her risk of ovarian cancer as a carrier of this gene was also increased. Researchers found that the Angelina Jolie effect has real-world consequences. Angelina Jolie tested positive for the BRCA gene, a test which she opted for based on her family history. The adorable six-year-old is expected to out-earn her brothers, taking the top spot on the list with a net worth of 6.6 billion. For breast cancer, it’s about 12%, or 1 in 8 women. Taking out the top spot, is Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. The lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer is 1.4% or 1 in 70 women. When patients say, they want XYZ test done because “cancer runs in my family,” I have to clarify and ask which kind? In other words, which organ or part of the body was primarily affected? And more specifically, which relative(s) were affected? So…do you need to get all of these, sometimes invasive, tests for cancer done? It’s like I tell my patients, it all depends on risk factors and family history. We associate Angelina Jolie with the diagnosis of breast cancer and the question of double mastectomy, and now, prophylactic salpingooophorectomy (a fancy word for removing the Fallopian tubes and ovaries). Patients suddenly started asking questions about whether or not to get anal Pap smears. Farah Fawcett’s battle with anal cancer got people talking about one of those cancers nobody likes to talk about. At least acutely, everyone started getting their screening colonoscopies. Katie Couric raised awareness about colon cancer. There’s a well known public health phenomenon whereby a celebrity’s very personal journey through a health scare or cancer diagnosis becomes publicized, which subsequently raises awareness of that particular condition.
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