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A lawsuit with an ex-business manager over lapsed health insurance revealed shocking news about Shannen Doherty’s health in 2015. “Yes, I have breast cancer, and I am currently undergoing treatment,” she confirmed to People in a statement at the time. “I am continuing to eat right, exercise and stay very positive about my life. I am thankful to my family, friends and doctors for their support and, of course, my fans who have stood by me.”
The following year, the actress told Entertainment Tonight that the cancer had spread, noting that in addition to chemotherapy and radiation treatments, she’d also undergone a mastectomy. “The unknown is always the scariest part,” Doherty admitted. “Is the chemo going to work? Is the radiation going to work? You know, am I going to have to go through this again, or am I going to get secondary cancer? Everything else is manageable. Pain is manageable, you know, living without a breast is manageable, it’s the worry of your future and how your future is going to affect the people that you love.”
After announcing that she was in remission in 2017, Doherty confessed to Health that her longtime battle with cancer had “changed [her] as a human being forever.”
Written by: Nicki
