‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ Star Shannen Doherty Says Cancer Has Spread To Her Bones — Months After Revealing She Had Brain Tumor Removed

Shannen Doherty is remaining positive amid news that her stage four breast cancer has spread to her bones. Months after having a tumor removed from her brain, the Beverly Hills, 90210 star told People that she is “not done with living.”

Doherty, who hopes to get into clinical trials as more treatments become available, opened up to the outlet about the latest update in her diagnosis.

“I don’t want to die,” she said. “I’m not done with living. I’m not done with loving. I’m not done with creating. I’m not done with hopefully changing things for the better. I’m just not — I’m not done.”

The Charmed actress was first told she had breast cancer eight years ago. She had a mastectomy and underwent chemotherapy and radiation before going into remission in 2017. One year after the disease returned in 2019, she announced that it had become metastatic stage four cancer.

Doherty’s most recent health update came in June when she revealed that the cancer had spread to her brain — and that she had surgery to remove the tumor back in January, which she called one of the “scariest things” she has ever been through.

“When you ask yourself, ‘Why me? Why did I get cancer?’ and then ‘Why did my cancer come back? Why am I stage four?,’ that leads you to look for the bigger purpose in life,” she said.

While the actress is still going through treatment, she has no plans to slow down her decades-long career. In fact, she’s even gearing up to release the first episode of her Let’s Be Clear podcast, which will cover everything in her life from her career highlights to health and wellness.

“People just assume that it means you can’t walk, you can’t eat, you can’t work. They put you out to pasture at a very early age — ‘You’re done, you’re retired,’ and we’re not,” she said of getting a cancer diagnosis. “We’re vibrant, and we have such a different outlook on life. We are people who want to work and embrace life and keep moving forward.”

Despite her health hardships, Doherty said she is looking at the bright side of things.

“My greatest memory is yet to come,” she said. “I pray. I wake up and go to bed thanking God, praying for the things that matter to me without asking for too much. It connects me to a higher power and spirituality. My faith is my mantra.”