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Kara Tointon pays tribute to her fiancé Marius Jensen on Father's Day after undergoing a double mastectomy


The former EastEnders actress, 41, who recently revealed that she's undergone a double mastectomy, said her children were 'incredibly lucky.'

As an ambassador for the Eve appeal, a charity that raises awareness of gynaecological cancers, the actress opened up to her followers about the journey that led to her discovery that she carries the BRCA1 gene. Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie also had a double mastectomy as well as having her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed, after she was found to have a 50 per cent risk of developing ovarian cancer.' The actress rose to fame as Dawn Miller in BBC soap EastEnders (pictured, tussling with carly Wicks, played by Kellie Shirley)

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