Shannen Doherty Reveals Cancer She’s Been Battling Has Spread To Her Brain
deadline.comShannen Doherty says the breast cancer with which she was first diagnosed in 2015 has spread to her brain, and shared an emotional video describing her fear as she undergoes treatment.
The 52-year-old actress best known for Beverly Hills, 90210 and Charmed wrote on her Instagram page that a January CT scan “showed Mets in my brain.” On Monday, she shared a video on Instagram that she said depicted “the process of getting fitted for the mask you wear during radiation to your brain.” On Tuesday, she shared a follow-up video of her undergoing the first round of that radiation treatment in mid-January.
Doherty can been seen crying as she prepares to undergo the procedure while outfitted with the protective mask. “My fear is obvious,” Doherty wrote. “I am extremely claustrophobic and there was a lot going on in my life.” Doherty in April filed for divorce from her husband of 11 years, photographer Kurt Iswarienko. “I am fortunate as I have great doctors like Dr.
Amin Mirahdi and the amazing techs at Cedars-Sinai,” Doherty wrote in her Instagram post. “But that fear. The turmoil. The timing of it all.
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