This father and daughter both volunteered to undergo a double mastectomy. Despite the fact that they have no breast cancer.
Members of the English family have a Bentley in his blood gene mutations BRCA1 and BRCA2 that greatly increase the likelihood of breast cancer. Because of this, men and women of this family have a high risk of dealing with a deadly disease. In recent years, to counter this risk, many women have volunteered to go through a mastectomy and hysterectomy, which exclude the possibility of tumors. These preventive operations have gained popularity due to the movie star angelina Jolie, also possessed mutations in cancer genes. She voluntarily made herself a mastectomyand later a hysterectomy, urging other women to follow his example.
53-year-old driver and Builder Ian Bentley, who lives in Cheshire with his wife, son James and daughter Sarah, as well as rubbing her grandchildren, decided to undergo a double mastectomy for a couple with a daughter. Ian emphasizes that he lost many relatives from breast cancer. In particular, from the disease his mother died at the age of just 50 years, and also the grandmother and her sister who at the time of death was 46 years. Finally, 20 years ago this seems to be a typically female disease discovered his then 20-year-old brother Kevin, who died at the age of 39.
For a long time, Kevin complained of itching of the left nipple, and examination showed that it was breast cancer. For Ian news was a real shock, he had no idea that men also can have this tumor. Kevin was treated with mastectomy and radiation, but the disease did not manage to win the final. And now in order not to fall ill with breast cancer, Ian and Sarah made the decision to undergo a double mastectomy. They are convinced that there have been absolutely correct. (READ MORE)