Angelina Jolie Gets Ovaries Removed Following Cancer Scare

39-year-old Angelina Jolie has undergone a procedure to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes, the actress herself confirms in a moving new op-ed for The New York Times.

Two years after having a preventive double mastectomy to reduce her risks of getting cancer, Jolie explains that she received a call two weeks ago from her doctor.

He told her that a test showed markers that could be a sign of ovarian cancer.

"I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt," Jolie writes. "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's mother, grandmother and aunt all died of ovarian cancer.

Jolie says she called Brad Pitt upon learning the news. He immediately got on a plane home from France