Tointon announced last May that she carries the BRCA gene, which can significantly increase the risk of cancer.

Angelina Jolie has revealed her double mastectomy scars for the first time more than a decade after her surgery. The Oscar-winning actor, 50, posed for a photoshoot with Time France to raise breast ...

Long time EastEnders fans will remember Kara Tointon as Dawn Swann, the archetypal ‘tart with a heart’, who faced an ...

Over a decade after her preventive double mastectomy, Angelina Jolie is sharing her experience and scars, which followed ...

Over a decade after the "Maleficent" actor underwent a double mastectomy, she shared why she’s ready to show her scars from the procedure for the first time. “I share these scars with many women I ...

Angelina Jolie underwent a preventative double mastectomy in 2013. She chose to do so after the death of her mother from breast cancer in 2007 and doctors finding that Jolie carried the BRCA1 gene. In ...

At 26, I chose a preventive double mastectomy after testing positive for the BRCA1 genetic mutation. The 13-month reconstruction process was physically painful, and people's jokes didn't help. Opening ...

Kara Tointon has spoken out after undergoing a double mastectomy following a genetic test. The former EastEnders star, who ...