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Radio 5 Live,1 min

"Doctors were horrified" at UK's first preventative mastectomy request

5 Live Breakfast

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Wendy Watson, the first UK patient to have a preventative mastectomy, explains why she shocked doctors with her request 21 years ago. It follows Angelina Jolie's recent revelation that she has also undergone the procedure.

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