REPORT: Angelina Jolie makes first public appearance after mastectomy

   
Angelina Jolie made her first public appearance since announcing her double mastectomy on Sunday, joining fiance Brad Pitt on the red carpet in London where she welcomed the debate on women's health that the surgery had sparked.                

The Oscar-winning actress has stayed out of the spotlight since announcing her operation in a New York Times column last month, saying the decision was made after finding she carried a gene giving her an 87 percent chance of getting breast cancer.                      

Jolie told reporters she felt great, and had "been very happy to see the discussion of women's health expanded" by her announcement.            

Her mother Marcheline Bertrand died from ovarian cancer at 56, and the actress' aunt died of breast cancer last month.                

She said the procedure had reduced her chance of developing breast cancer from 87 percent to under 5 percent.            

Pitt said Jolie's mastectomy and subsequent revelation had been "emotional" for the couple, who have six children.            

"I get very emotional about it," Pitt said on Sunday.              

"It means the world to me, and it means something...I did not expect what a tipping point, how much it would mean for others to hear her story, others that might be wrestling with the same things."


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