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Dec 2013
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"Angelina Jolie Effect" Leaves Public wi...

Scientific American
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A survey of 2500 Americans finds that despite many knowing about Jolie's preventive double mastectomy, most remain in the dark about breast cancer risk. Christie Nicholson reports 
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