Professor Justin Stebbing spoke to BBC Coventry and Warwickshire about why some women choose to have surgery to prevent breast cancer.
Actress Angelina Jolie this week announced that she had a double mastectomy after finding out she had a mutation in the BRCA1 gene, giving her a very high lifetime risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
Listen to Professor Stebbing’s conversation with presenter Shane O’Connor.
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