Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Angelina Jolie sent waves through the health-care world with her announcement that she had undergone a double mastectomy.
The Oscar winning actress explained, in a New York Times op-ed piece today, that she carries a gene, BRCA1, that gives her an 87 percent chance of getting breast cancer. She decided to have both breasts removed as a preventative measure.
Dr. Catherine Dang, associate director of Cedars-Sinai's Wasserman Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Program, joins the show with more information on Jolie's decision.