Shannen Doherty posted an honest video about her breast cancer treatment on Tuesday and told fans the disease has spread to her brain.Doherty, who was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in 2020, posted an emotional video to Instagram of herself crying as she underwent radiation therapy on her brain.
The Beverly Hills, 90210 actor also earlier had to be fitted for a custom-made mask that must be worn during treatment to keep a patient’s head still and ensure radiation lasers are accurately targeted.Doherty said a CT scan from Jan.
5 revealed she had brain metastases, a condition that occurs when cancer cells spread from their original site to another location in the patient’s body.Doherty said she underwent the first round of radiation on her brain on Jan.
12.“My fear is obvious,” Doherty wrote. “I am extremely claustrophobic and there was a lot going on in my life.”She continued, writing that she is “fortunate” to have great doctors and technicians at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.“But that fear….