Comedian and actress Wanda Sykes was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in her left breast in 2011 and elected to have a double mastectomy.
"I had both breasts removed, because now I have zero chance of having breast cancer," she told Ellen DeGeneres in 2011, per CNN. "It sounds scary up front, but what do you want? Do you want to wait and not be as fortunate when it comes back and it's too late?"
It's important to note that a double mastectomy does not eliminate the risk of breast cancer, but it can certainly reduce the risk breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.
