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"Sharon Osbourne has revealed that she recently had a double mastectomy. The former X Factor and America&amp;#039;s Got Talent judge said that she underwent the operation after finding out that she has a gene which increases the risk of breast cancer.  &amp;quot;As soon as I found out I had the breast cancer gene, I thought, &amp;#039;The odds are not in my favour&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; she told Hello! magazine. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve had cancer before and didn&amp;#039;t want to live under that cloud. I decided to take everything off and had a double mastectomy. For me, it was a no-brainer.&amp;quot; Osbourne - who successfully fought colon cancer in 2002 - added that she didn&amp;#039;t want to be pitied, saying that having the mastectomy was &amp;quot;a decision I made that&amp;#039;s got rid of this weight that I was carrying around&amp;quot;.   The Talk co-host explained: &amp;quot;I want to be around a long time and be a grandmother to Pearl. I didn&amp;#039;t even think of my breasts in a nostalgic way, I just wanted to live without that fear.&amp;quot; Osbourne&amp;#039;s granddaughter Pearl was born earlier this year to parents Jack Osbourne and Lisa Stelly. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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