Angelina Jolie does not regret having a double mastectomy.

The 50-year-old actress underwent the procedure in 2013 after discovering that she carried the BRCA1 gene – increasing her risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer – and explained that she made the decision to do so because her late mother Marcheline Bertrand was just 56 when she passed away from the disease in 2007.

In an interview with HELLO! magazine, Angelina said: "I did choose to have that (surgery) because I lost my mother and my grandmother very young.

"I have the BRCA gene, so I chose to have a double mastectomy a decade ago. I've also had my ovaries removed, because that's what took my mother. Those are my choices. I don't say everybody should do it that way, but it's important to have the choice. And I don't regre

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