you are also going to hear from another actress and breast cancer survivor, christina applegate. as i'm sure you know angelina jolie made a brave decision, i would call it, this week revealing she underwent a preventative double mastectomy. to be clear she did not have breast cancer but discovered she had the mutated brc1 gene which increased her risk for breast and ovarian cancers. in the new york times she wrote, quote, i choose not to keep my story private because there are many women who do not know they might be living under the shadow of cancer. it is my hope they can get gene tested and if they have a high risk they will know that they have strong options. she's right. there are thousands of women unaware they may carry this genetic mutation. it's important to stress only 5% to 10% of women diagnosed with breast cancer do, in fact, have the defective brca-1 or 2 geneses. joining me to talk about this, put it in context is the director of genetic counseling at emery university. thanks for joining us. most women do not have the defective gene. less than 1%. >> correct. less

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in november, sharon osbourne announced she had a preventative double mast yekt mismt actress christina applegate chose the same treatment in this woman from the bay area from santa rosa made the same decision after a similar diagnosis. >> joel was 42 when she got the f they had the mutation was positive. >> the first thing that came to my mind what is going to thoop my kids? it was emotional, my family was in the room with me. my mom next to me. >> doctors say the chances of her getting breast cancer were more than 90%. her aunt and grandmother both died from it. she chose to have her breasts and owe var eyes -- owe varies removed. >> i had a close friend look at me and said why would you do sna you zront cancer. >> i what v.high risk of it. i don't want to go through life wondering is in the day i'm going get cancer? >> in may, 2009 she had the double mastectomy including a procedure on her breasts she. had her her owe varies removed in a separate surgery. >> sent me into menopause that night. >> the lack of information about the process and recovery prompted her to write a blog and then, her o

in november, sharon osbourne announced she had a preventative double mast yekt mismt actress christina applegatehose the same treatment in this woman from the bay area from santa rosa made the sa d similar diagnosis. >> joel was 42 when she got the news. the test she took to see if they had the mutation was positive. >> the first thing that came to my mind what is going to thoop my kids? it was emotional, my family was in the room with me. my mom next to me. >> doctors say the chances of her getting breast cancer were more than 90%. her aunt and grandmother both died from it. she chose to have her breasts and owe var eyes -- owe varies removed. >> i had a close friend look at and said why would you do sna you zront cancer. >> i what v.high risk of it. i don't want to go through life wondering is in the day i'm going get cancer? >> in may, 2009 she had the double mastectomy including a procedure on her breasts she. had her her owe varies removed in a separate surgery. >> sent me into menopause that night. >> the lack of information about the process and recovery prompted her to write a blog and t

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it's the same thing that christina applegate did a few years ago.ho has built her career around her sexsiness to some extent to eliminate a part of her body that is tied to her sexuality. and there are a lot of appoint -- to really have to evaluate that feeling. >> stephanie: yeah my mom has breast cancer, she is 90 now but it is obviously something that touches so many people's lives, but i think she was looking at it more as a mother talking about looser her mother from cancer at age 56, so she has a faulty gene. so she did -- but preventative mastectomy to a lot of people seems really radical, but obviously to her it didn't. because she said there is a blood test that can detect that. >> one is protesting yourself to not contract -- to get cancer -- i don't know if contract is the right word but to get cancer and also to not put your family through that sort of difficulty and suffering if you can avoid it. and it's very difficult to deteriorate and watch the people you love and there's some consideration, too of i don't want my children to have t

christina applegate did the same thing in 2008. she also found out she had this faulty gene. and so she decided to have a preventative double mastectomy as well. >> i mention this is a decision maced by millions of women in this country. it's families also. of course, angelina jolie's family includes brad pitt. >> yeah. yeah, her fiance, brad pitt. she talked about him in this op-ed piece and she's fortunate to have a partner, brad pitt, who so loving and supportive. he was at the breast center where she was treated every minute of the surgery. we managed to find moments to laugh together. we knew this was the right thing to do for our family and it would bring us closer. that, again, was angelina joe lee and "the new york times" op-ed times. >> a lot of people talking about this this morning. >> one of the things i love she does is brings attention to the genetic testing. it costs $3,000 in order to have that done. it's not always covered by insurance companies. to hopefully something will come out of that. >> that's right. this is the key part of the health care debate. >>