a double mostectomy at 23. she did have fear. within i was 12, my mother was found positive of breast cancer and ten month later of ovarian cancer. these have stocked me with fears. reporter: it showed she carried the same mutation that predisposes women to breast cancer, the one discovered in angelina jolie. the anxiety of waiting to get cancer vs. doing something to reduce my risk of developing it is what prompted me to have the decision to have the double mastectomy. reporter: lindsay s organization, bright pink, advocates a breast reduction. that makes sense in women with a gene mutation. having to remove it in a woman without the gene is more complicated. we really don t have any good evidence that removing a healthy breast will help a woman prolong her life or live a better life. so a lot of what drives those decisions is related to anxiety about a new tumor on the other