Although Angelina Jolie Made the best possible decision for her health and her family, she should not be regarded as an icon for preventive, radical surgeries ["The Angelina Effect," May 27]. The true pioneers were the women who opted for such mastectomies decades ago, when insurance companies routinely refused coverage for the surgery and subsequent reconstruction and the operation was far less advanced. I know such women personally, and they are the true heroines in the battle for lives free from fear of breast cancer.
David Archibald-Seiffer, BOISE, IDAHO
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