Angelina Jolie will now undergo an operation to have both of her ovaries removed.
According to reports the actress, who revealed this week that she had a double mastectomy, is now having surgery to reduce her chances of ovarian cancer.
Angelina with her other half Brad Pitt.
Angelina has just finished three months of secret procedures which included a double mastectomy.
She decided to have the surgery after finding out she had the ‘faulty’ gene BRCA1 which meant she had an 87 per cent chance of developing breast cancer and a 50 per cent risk of getting ovarian cancer.
The double mastectomy was successful and is said to have reduced her chances of breast cancer to under five per cent.
Jon Voight spoke out about his daughter’s bravery. He told the New York Daily News: “I was as surprised as anyone and deeply moved by the way she’s handled this. She’s a very extraordinary person, the way she examined it and what she shared.”
Her family was a major influence in her decision to have a mastectomy.
People magazine reports that Angelina is likely to have her ovaries removed before her 40th birthday.
The mother-of-six, who said that her decision was fuelled by her family, lost her own mum Marcheline Bertrand to ovarian cancer back in 2007.
