Camille Grammer Carries Same Cancer Gene As Angelina Jolie

Former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star and Kelsey Grammer's ex-wife, Camille, who carries the BRCA 2 mutation linked to ovarian cancer, applauds Angelina Jolie's decision to open up with her preventative double mastectomy to eliminate her chances of getting breast cancer.

Just last week Jolie revealed, in a piece for she wrote for the New York Times, she had a preventative double mastectomy after medical tests indicated she had the "faulty" BRCA1 gene, which left her with an 87 percent chance of developing breast cancer - the same disease that killed her mother, Marcheline Bertrand.

Grammer's mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer several years ago and Camille found out through medical tests that she was a carrier of the BRCA 2 mutation.

The BRCA 2 mutation also increases the chances of a woman developing breast, ovarian, and colorectal cancers but is not as aggressive as the BRCA 1 mutation.

"I absolutely applaud Angelina Jolie's decision to go public with the fact that she has is a BRCA 1 mutation carrier, and had a preventative double mastectomy. I have always admired Angelina's work as an actress, humanitarian, but have a new level of respect for her," Camille was quoted as saying.


"Angelina was extremely brave to have the test done, and then to reveal it publicly, to raise awareness with undoubtedly save many lives. She obviously loves her partner, Brad Pitt, and their six children, and wants to live a very long life, which hopefully she will," Camille continued.

Doctors have suggested that Camille, 44, should get a hysterectomy but she explains: "I'm just not ready psychologically for that. If they said it was necessary, of course, I would do it right away. I get my yearly cancer screening tests, including the blood test, CA125 which detects ovarian cancer, mammogram, colonoscopy and endoscopy," Camille revealed.

"I'm all about detection as being the best prevention of most cancers," Camille added.


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