«In my opinion, prophylactic removal of breasts of American actress Angelina Jolie is likely a PR campaign, which she underwent, perhaps, of good purposes», said the Head of Armenian-American Health Center (AAHC) Khachanush Hakobyan.

«In fact some mass media reported, that the actress already had malignant tumor, but at an early stage», she said in an interview with NEWS. am Medicine.

«The story with Angelina Jolie is one of those cases, when mastectomy was genetically justified. Analyzes were carried out, to identify genetic mutations in the body of the actress. That is whyher muscle tissue was removed and replaced with a silicone breast ", - says the head of the department of radiology AAHC Ani Hakobyan.

And what is the opinion of Armenian specialists regarding prophylactic mastectomy as a whole?

«One of my patients – a young girl – had 50 benign tumours in her breast. Practically, her whole breast was full of tumours. That was not a cancer, but she did not ask, she demanded to remove her  breast muscle tissue and replace it with silicone. I was not against it. If surgical intervention is justified and a sound approach is implemented, then why not "- says Ani Hakobyan. "However, to replace silicone breast for unfounded fears and so-called prevention - it is unreasonable" - she says.

Besides, Armenia has conducted genetic blood test to determine predisposition to breast cancer, in particular, the Institute of Genetics, which may confirm or refute a genetic predisposition to breast cancer.

However, breast cancer may not necessarily be caused by genetic factors. That is why women and young girls should be screened once a year, so, that, detecting changes in breast in time, remove them and go on living peacefully…

Recall that Angelina Jolie recently underwent surgery to remove breast to avoid breast cancer.