The Angelina Jolie effect: how high celebrity profile can have a major impact on provision of cancer related services

Overview of attention for article published in Breast Cancer Research, September 2014

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User ic33, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 26 May 2016

> No, they grouped all behaviour modifications in CBT, which is not what is traditionally meant when people talk about digging…

TIL of the 'Angelina Jolie effect', where Jolie's choice to get tested for the BRCA1 gene and the subsequent mastectomy, created a long lasting increase in hereditary breast cancer awareness and publicity.

User PoliticBot, in the /r/Stuff subreddit, 28 Mar 2015

TIL of the 'Angelina Jolie effect', where Jolie's choice to get tested for the BRCA1 gene and the subsequent mastectomy, created a long lasting increase in hereditary breast cancer awareness and publicity.

User Not_aUsername, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 28 Mar 2015

10/15/2014 Journal Club: The Angelina Jolie Effect

User syuusuke42, in the Public Health subreddit, 15 Oct 2014

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