Jolie has ovaries, tubes removed

Cancer detected ... Angelina Jolie has undergone surgery to remove her ovaries and Fallopian tubes. Source: Supplied

ACTRESS Angelina Jolie has undergone surgery to remove her ovaries and Fallopian tubes after doctors detected early signs of cancer.

The star revealed the news in a column for The New York Times, like she did for her double mastectomy in 2013.

She said after undergoing the preventative breast surgery in 2013 to reduce her risk of cancer, she had been planning for some time to have her ovaries removed.

Actress Angelina Jolie has revealed she had an 87 per cent risk of breast cancer, so decided to remove them.

Devoted ... Angelina Jolie says husband Brad Pitt was on a plane from France within hours when she told him of her cancer scare. Source: Getty Images

But the 39-year-old was forced to make a speedy decision to have the operation — which has forced her into menopause — when the early signs of cancer were detected a fortnight ago through a blood test.

Jolie, who carries the mutated BRCA1 gene, lost her mother, actress Marcheline Bertand, grandmother and aunt to cancer.

Family ... Angelina Jolie with her twins Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt. Source: News Corp Australia

"I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt," Jolie wrote.

"I told myself to stay calm, to be strong, and that I had no reason to think I wouldn't live to see my children grow up and to meet my grandchildren."

Jolie called her husband, Brad Pitt, who was on a plane from France within hours.

"The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity. You know what you live for and what matters. It is polarising, and it is peaceful," the mother of six wrote.

Jolie revealed she was treated by the same surgeon who treated her mother Marcheline Bertrand, who died in 2007 at the age of 56 from ovarian cancer.

She wrote: "I last saw her the day my mother passed away, and she teared up when she saw me: 'You look just like her.'. I broke down.

"But we smiled at each other and agreed we were there to deal with any problem, so 'let's get on with it.'

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