Former Beverly Hills, 90210 star Shannen Doherty has opened up about her battle with cancer in a heart-wrenching new TV interview.
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“I want to believe that if I fight, I’m gonna be OK”, she says.
Shannen appeared on U.S. TV programme The Dr. Oz Show to discuss her cancer diagnosis in February (16), and revealed she was taking medication to shrink the tumour but she may still require a mastectomy.
She is wearing a head scarf in the clip, before admitting: “I don’t know if I’ll ever look like me again”.
She took legal action against them past year (15), which is how her cancer battle was revealed.
The actor, who recently launched a lifestyle blog called AtHomeWithTheZierings.com, opened up to ET on Thursday about Doherty, who recently shaved her head in anticipation of her fight against her aggressive ailment, and documented the emotional process on Instagram.
She was stood with her mother Rosa Elizabeth Doherty and two friends as she admitted she had struggled through what was an “impossibly tough day”.
Shannen re-enrolled shortly before doctors discovered she has “invasive breast cancer metastatic to at least one lymph node”.
And he shared his admiration for his former co-star during a chat with Entertainment Tonight at the Raising The Bar to End Parkinson’s fundraiser at Laurel Point in Los Angeles on Wednesday (27Jul16). Priestly adds that Doherty’s decision to publicly share her progress as a cancer patient has cast her as a source of inspiration for millions of others facing similar battles against illness and disease. “She’s going to beat this because she’s a fighter and she’s a tough kid”.
The actress starred on “Beverly Hills 90210” for three years..
“I wish her all the best, of course”, Tiffani Thiessen said.
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Doherty’s exclusive interview airs on Monday, only on ET.
