I'm impressed with Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy to drastically reduce her chances of getting breast cancer. Guess she's a true Amazon at heart...

Of course, she is lucky today's advances in medicine mean they were able to begin her breast reconstruction at the same time of the initial surgery.

And thrice blessed to have the money to afford the treatment.

I read a number of articles on it today, and this one from WebMD probably did the best at explaining the whole decision process.

Amazingly I first read about the BRCA 1 and 2 mutations in a novel I read several years ago. Possibly it was a book by Michael Crichton, but I don't recall the title.

But here's another article on BRCA genetic testing.

Anyone have thoughts on this topic they'd like to share?