Angelina Jolie makes first public appearance post-surgery
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oi-IANS
By Ians English
London:
Actress
Angelina
Jolie
made
her
first
public
appearance
after
her
double
mastectomy
surgery
and
beamed
with
confidence
as
she
stood
next
to
her
partner
Brad
Pitt
on
the
red
carpet.
Jolie
came
to
attend
the
premiere
of
Pitt's
forthcoming
movie
World
War
Z
Sunday
here.
The
37-year-old
is
very
happy
with
the
impact
the
news
of
her
mastectomy
has
made
on
the
issue
of
woman's
health,
reports
thesun.co.uk.
"I've
been
very
happy
just
to
see
the
discussion
about
women's
health
expanded,
that
means
the
world
to
me," Jolie
said.
"After
losing
my
mum
to
these
issues,
I'm
very
grateful
for
it
and
I've
been
very
moved
by
the
kind
of
support
from
people,"
she
added.
However,
it
was
Brad
Pitt's
mother
Jane
Pitt,
who
saved
the
actress' life
by
convincing
her
to
take
the
test
to
find
out
that
she
carried
the
cancer
gene
that
gave
her
an
87
percent
chance
of
developing
breast
cancer
and
a
50
percent
risk
of
ovarian
cancer.
"Basically,
Brad's
mom
helped
save
Angie's
life.
When
Angie
told
Jane
that
she
was
considering
having
genetic
testing,
Jane
said
to
do
whatever
she
thought
was
best
for
the
children's
sake," an
insider
told
femalefirst.co.uk.
"That
was
all
Angie
had
to
hear.
She
made
a
decision
right
then
and
there
to
have
it
done!,"
the
insider
added.
(IANS)