Shannen Doherty shares heartbreaking cancer update: ‘My fear is obvious’

90210 star Shannen Doherty has shared a harrowing video update with her fans as she battles “the turmoil” of stage 4 breast cancer.

Shannen Doherty has shared a heartbreaking cancer update with fans.

The former Beverly Hills, 90210 star, who is in the midst of her stage 4 breast cancer battle, shared a video on social media that showed her receiving radiation therapy, reports Page Six.

“January 12, the first round of radiation took place,” the 52-year-old captioned her Instagram post. “My fear is obvious. I am extremely claustrophobic, and there was a lot going on in my life.”

The CT scan showed that the Charmed actress had brain metastases — a condition that occurs when cancer cells spread from their original site to the brain, according to the Mayo Clinic.

“I am fortunate as I have great doctors like Dr. Amin Mirahdi and the amazing techs at Cedar Sinai,” she went on. “But that fear …. The turmoil…. the timing of it all …. This is what cancer can look like.”

On Monday, Doherty shared a throwback video from January showing herself getting fitted for the mask.

Doherty was getting fitted for a mask in one throwback picture.

She’s shared details of her cancer battle with fans.

The actress, who was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time in March 2015, has been open and honest about her treatment process.

“I had many nose bleeds from the chemo,” she previously shared, adding that she’s undergone a mastectomy, chemo, and radiation. “Not sure if any of you experienced this. I also was beyond tired.”

In one image, she appeared to have a nose bleed.

Doherty found fame on hit series 90210 and Charmed. Picture: Lisa O'Connor/AFP

Doherty then announced in February 2020 that she was battling stage 4 breast cancer — three years after sharing that her first bout with cancer had gone into remission.

In 2021, Doherty told fans that she was “fighting to stay alive.”

“I never want to operate [like I’m dying],” she said on Good Morning America at the time.

“I just want to operate as I don’t have things to check off because I’m going to keep fighting to stay alive,” she added, referring to why she doesn’t particularly like the idea of making a “bucket list.”

Later that month, Doherty wrote on Instagram,” Is it all pretty? NO but it’s truthful and my hope in sharing is that we all become more educated, more familiar with what cancer looks like.

“I hope I encourage people to get mammograms, to get regular check-ups, to cut thru the fear and face whatever might be in front of you.”

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission

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