Shannen Doherty explains why she kept stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis a secret.
Actress Shannen Doherty discusses her stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis with ABC News' Amy Robach in an interview that aired on "Good Morning America."
She said she is still not sure how much of her current battle with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer she will share publicly. The actress revealed it was"odd aches" that ultimately led to her second breast cancer diagnosis. She described accepting that she now faced a second fight with breast cancer as"hard."
"But I had definitely also, in another way, convinced myself that I had beaten it," she said."You know, like, I was the true warrior. I was the true survivor. I was the cancer slayer."Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the U.S., according to theBreast cancer survivors face the highest risk of recurrence during the first two years after treatment.
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