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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

So, for every 12 tits that dont contract it, she loses 2.

I did not see where the 1/6 came from, and I had read somewhere it was an 87% chance she would contract it. 

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ORIGINAL: MalcolmNathaniel

She had a 1 in 6 chance of not contracting cancer. Assuming that the doctor she was talking to actually understands statistics. That is a huge assumption.

No doctor who cleaves to the Hippocratic Oath would have performed that surgery "First, do no harm."

And let's face it, he did alot of harm. She had a righteous pair of tits before listening to this quack.

My Aunt Diana died of breast cancer. She had two mastectomies when it was absolutely necessary. To say that I am angry is to say that the sky is kind of bluish.

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ORIGINAL: MalcolmNathaniel

This is an actress ruining a perfectly good pair of breasts on the advice of a quack.

Want to know my reaction to, "Quack!" I raise my shotgun and get myself some dinner. Her reaction was to ruin a piece of art that puts Leonardo to shame.

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ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess

I realize some people are getting good results with diet, but that line of treatment is not really proved or studied systematically enough to ensure good results. And for many types of cancer, current medical treatments give much better survival rates. So all things considered, I wouldn't fault someone for taking what they saw as the most certain course of action. It is a fact that Steve Jobs did try to treat his cancer using alternative methods and waited too late to start medical treatment that could have saved his life. Today, with the information that we have, I think diet makes an excellent additional treatment option, but I personally don't feel everyone with either a high risk of cancer or cancer itself should limit themselves solely to alternative methods. And again, I say personally. The amount of risk one is willing to assume is ultimately a very personal choice and only that person can answer what feels most comfortable for them. If people feel comfortable enough choosing diet thats great, but not everyone will feel comfortable doing that. And some of the statistics on medical procedures (like mastectomy) are actually very good.

I would like to see more research on diet - I think we don't know enough about what diet can do. And I'm a big believer in holistic approaches. I have combatted many things, such as allergies, using diet and alternative methods. But cancer is another thing entirely. I come from a cultural background that is predominantly vegetarian. Indian Hindus still get and die from cancer. I support more funding for these treatment options so we can have more information about diet. I'm comfortable testing out dietary options for my allergies; not so comfortable, personally, on using myself as guinea pig when it comes to cancer, because as Jobs discovered, time is an important factor in battling cancer, once it strikes. But my vegetarian family members who led very healthy lives, but still died of cancer - I'm not sure that the preventative diet worked for them. We need more information.

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ORIGINAL: MalcolmNathaniel

Here's the fun bit:

I am not being sexist, although I can see how you might think that.

Bad science is bad science. Cruddy hypothesis leads to cruddy theory. Cruddy theory leads to bad advice. Bad advice leads to ruination of a work of art.

Yes, Ms. Jolie is way more than a pair of tits. I understand this. I think she's a fine actress. Not the best actress, but passable.

Also, she used to have a great pair of tits. :-)

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ORIGINAL: Aswad
Of course, this also reminds me how great it is to live with universalized healthcare. It simply hadn't occured to me to consider that this might not be covered.

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ORIGINAL: Aynne88

No one here seems to really be discussing or understanding the huge link between diet and cancer, yes even with this gene.

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She did not need to have this done,

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Japanese women have a very large incident of carrying this same gene and one of the lowest rates of breast cancer. We can heal ourselves and while I do not envy being a mother in that position she was in, I would have looked into other options first.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-freston/vegan-diet-cancer_b_2250052.html

From the article:

"How may a simple dietary change make one's bloodstream so inhospitable to cancer in just a matter of days? The dramatic improvement in cancer defenses after two weeks of eating healthier is thought to be due to changes in the level of a cancer-promoting growth hormone in the body called IGF-1. Animal protein intake increases the levels of IGF-1 in our body, but within two weeks of switching to a plant-based diet, IGF-1 levels in the bloodstream drop sufficiently to help slow the growth of cancer cells.

How plant-based do we need to eat? Studies comparing levels of IGF-1 in meat-eaters vs. vegetarians vs. vegans suggest that we should lean toward eliminating animal products from our diets altogether. This is supported by the new study in which the thousands of American vegans studied not only had lower rates of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension, but significantly lower cancer risk as well.

This makes sense when you consider the research done by Drs. Dean Ornish and Nobel Prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn; they found that a vegan diet caused more than 500 genes to change in only three months, turning on genes that prevent disease and turning off genes that cause breast cancer, heart disease, prostate cancer, and other illnesses. This is empowering news, given that most people think they are a victim of their genes, helpless to stave off some of the most dreaded diseases. We aren't helpless at all; in fact, the power is largely in our hands. It's on our forks, actually."

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ORIGINAL: sexyred1
Now you are just being annoying.

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ORIGINAL: MalcolmNathaniel

Here's the fun bit:

I am not being sexist, although I can see how you might think that.

Bad science is bad science. Cruddy hypothesis leads to cruddy theory. Cruddy theory leads to bad advice. Bad advice leads to ruination of a work of art.

Yes, Ms. Jolie is way more than a pair of tits. I understand this. I think she's a fine actress. Not the best actress, but passable.

Also, she used to have a great pair of tits. :-)