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Kara Tointon feels relieved after preventative double mastectomy

Kara Tointon has opened up about her preventative cancer surgery

Kara Tointon felt "very happy" and "relieved" after undergoing a preventative double mastectomy last year.

The Sweeney actress, 41, opted to undergo the breast surgery - as well as having her fallopian tubes removed - after discovering she carries the BRCA1 gene mutation, which significantly increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

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